horsy

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Of, relating to, or similar to horses.

   • All the horses had been seized and sent to the front, but the whole place still smelt of horse-piss and rotten oats. I was at the barracks about a week. Chiefly I remember the horsy smells, the quavering bugle-calls […]
   • Pirates, these women, with their ladylike briefcases for the loot and their horsy, acquisitive teeth.
2. 2

   Involved in breeding or riding horses.

3. 3

   Clumsy, clunky, bulky, inelegant, or unrefined.

   • Near-synonym: crude
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   1. 4

      A child's term or name for a horse.

   2. 5

      A game where a child rides on the back of another, who is on all fours.

      • When he got in the house, if I'd left him to read his newspaper in quiet, then he'd play horsey with me, riding me around the house on his back; I'd put a pillow on his back for my saddle
      • When you get down on the floor and play “horsey”, you are giving yourself a heck of a workout – and it is fun for the kids!
      • The best barometer of my mounting physical limitations was the game of horsy. In my stallion's prime I could pack three little boys on my back at once and do the length of the hall in no time flat.

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