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racehorse en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁s-der. Proto-Germanic *rēsōder. Proto-West Germanic *rās Old English rǣs ▲ Proto-Germanic *rēsō Old Norse rásbor. Middle English race English race Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós? Proto-Indo-European *h₁wers-? Proto-Indo-European *wers- Proto-Indo-European *-ḗn Proto-Indo-European *wérsēn Proto-Indo-Iranian *(w)ŕ̥šā Proto-Iranian *(w)ŕ̥šāder.? Proto-Germanic *hrussą Proto-West Germanic *hross Old English hors Middle English hors English horse English racehorse From race + horse.

Meanings

1. A horse that competes in races.
   • They were bosker horses. Until I went to work for Bill I didn't know how good racehorses are. 1946, Frank Sargeson, That Summer, and Other Stories, page 31:
   • Clearly, it’s that Secretariat is overrated. OK, exhale. I’m not trolling you. I’m just being extremely nitty about the marginal shades of “really, really great.” By “overrated,” I certainly don’t mean to imply that Secretariat isn’t the best 3-year-old American racehorse in history – he is. 2015 June 12, Benjamin Morris, “Where Have You Gone, Secretariat?”, in FiveThirtyEight, archived from the original on 20 Dec 2016:
   • Picture yourself betting on a racehorse, seeing the animal take the lead, and then watching the horse suddenly stop because it pulled a muscle not properly warmed up by its trainers. You’d get pretty heated under the collar, and that’s not the kind of warm-up that’s very beneficial. Horseflesh and humanflesh alike need to be warmed up before strenuous activity. 1984, Steven Adcock, “[Breathing and Form, Warm-up, and Freebody Exercises] Warm-up”, in Steve Adcock’s Partner Workout: A Two-Person Exercise System that Provides Aerobic Benefits, Strength Building, and Flexibility Techniques Without the Need for a Gym or a Single Piece of Equipment, New York, N.Y.: M. Evans and Company, Inc., →ISBN, page 27:
   • Long before you see the lean, handsome heads peering mildly over the half-doors of the loose boxes, you know that East Ilsley's business is training racehorses. 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 164:
2. Any member of certain species of genus Congiopodus.

Forms

Deriveds

piss like a Russian racehorse · racehorse keno · racehorse grass · poor man's racehorse · racehorse monitor · racehorse goanna · piss like a racehorse · pee like a racehorse

Synonyms

horsefish · pigfish

Translations (29)

fi kilpahevonen (horse that competes in races) · pt cavalo de corrida (horse that competes in races) · ga capall rása (horse that competes in races) · cmn 賽馬 /赛马 (horse that competes in races) · ja 競走馬 (horse that competes in races) · it cavallo da corsa (horse that competes in races) · grc κέλης (horse that competes in races) · tl kabayong pangarera (horse that competes in races) · ro cal de curse (horse that competes in races) · nl renpaard (horse that competes in races) · mi hoiho purei (horse that competes in races) · ro cai de curse (horse that competes in races) · ru скакова́я ло́шадь (horse that competes in races) · gl cabalo de carreiras (horse that competes in races) · ru бегова́я ло́шадь (horse that competes in races) · hu versenyló (horse that competes in races) · pl koń wyścigowy (horse that competes in races) · ru скаку́н (horse that competes in races) · tr yarış atı (horse that competes in races) · de Rennpferd (horse that competes in races) · fr cheval de course (horse that competes in races) · sv tävlingshäst (horse that competes in races) · su kuda adu (horse that competes in races) · id kuda pacu (horse that competes in races) · mi hōiho reihi (horse that competes in races) · cs závodní kůň (horse that competes in races) · ms kuda lumba (horse that competes in races) · uk перего́новий кінь (horse that competes in races) · bg състезателен кон (horse that competes in races)