FinnHun Finnish-Hungarian-English on-line dictionary and thesaurus

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n A hoofed mammal, Equus ferus caballus, often used throughout history for ride|riding and draft work.

n (context|zoology) Any current or extinct animal of the family Equidae, including the zebra or the ass.

n (context|military| sometimes|uncountable) cavalry | Cavalry soldiers (sometimes capitalized when referring to an official category).

n In gymnastics, a piece of equipment with a body on two or four legs, approximately four feet high with two handles on top.

n (context|chess|informal) The chess piece representing a knight, depicted as a man in a suit of armor and often on a horse, hence the nickname.

n (slang) A large person.

n (nautical) A rope stretching along a yard, upon which men stand when reefing or furling the sails; foot ropes.

n (slang) The sedative, anti-depressant, and anxiolytic drug morphine, chiefly when used illicitly.

n (US) An informal variant of basketball in which players match shots made by their opponent(s), each miss adding a letter to the word "horse", with 5 misses spelling the whole word and eliminating a player, until only the winner is left. Also HORSE, H-O-R-S-E or H.O.R.S.E. (See (pedialite|Variations of basketball#H-O-R-S-E))

v (intransitive) To frolic, to act mischieviously. (Usually followed by "around".)

v (transitive) To provide with a horse.

v (obsolete) To get on horseback.

n (uncountable|slang|dated) heroin | Heroin.