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horse around/about — (informal) FOOL AROUND/ABOUT, play the fool, act the clown, clown about/around, monkey about/around; informal mess about/around, lark about/around; Brit. informal muck about/around; dated play the giddy goat. → horse … Useful english dictionary
horse around — verb indulge in horseplay Enough horsing around let s get back to work! The bored children were fooling about • Syn: ↑arse around, ↑fool around, ↑fool • Derivationally related forms: ↑fool ( … Useful english dictionary
horse around — verb To play or fiddle; to clown; to do nothing of importance or consequence. Can we quit horsing around and get some work done? Syn: act out, clown around … Wiktionary
horse — ► NOUN 1) a large four legged mammal with a flowing mane and tail, used for riding and for pulling heavy loads. 2) an adult male horse, as opposed to a mare or colt. 3) (treated as sing. or pl. ) cavalry. 4) a frame or structure on which… … English terms dictionary
horse — horse1 W1S3 [ho:s US ho:rs] n [: Old English; Origin: hors] 1.) a large strong animal that people ride and use for pulling heavy things →↑pony, equine ↑equine, equestrian ↑equestrian ▪ a horse and cart ▪ Lee had never ridden a horse before … Dictionary of contemporary English
horse — 1 noun 1 a large strong animal that people ride on and use for pulling heavy things 2 the horses informal horse races 3 straight from the horse s mouth if you hear something straight from the horse s mouth, you are told it by someone who has… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
horse — noun 1》 a solid hoofed plant eating quadruped with a flowing mane and tail, domesticated for riding and as a draught animal. [Equus caballus and other species, family Equidae.] ↘an adult male horse, as opposed to a mare or colt. ↘[treated … English new terms dictionary
horse — horseless, adj. horselike, adj. /hawrs/, n., pl. horses, (esp. collectively) horse, v., horsed, horsing, adj. n. 1. a large, solid hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties … Universalium
Horse latitudes — This article refers to the geographical area. For other uses, see Horse latitudes (disambiguation) Horsey latitudes or Subtropical High are subtropic latitudes between 30 and 35 degrees both north and south. This region, under a ridge of high… … Wikipedia
horse — [[t]hɔ͟ː(r)s[/t]] ♦♦ horses, horsing, horsed 1) N COUNT A horse is a large animal which people can ride. Some horses are used for pulling ploughs and carts. A small man on a grey horse had appeared. 2) N PLURAL: the N, usu on the N When you talk… … English dictionary
