Synonyms for horse around
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : hawrs |
Phonetic Transcription : hɔrs |
Définition of horse around
Origin :- Old English hors, from Proto-Germanic *hursa- (cf. Old Norse hross, Old Frisian hors, Middle Dutch ors, Dutch ros, Old High German hros, German Roß "horse"), of unknown origin, connected by some with PIE root *kurs-, source of Latin currere "to run" (see current (adj.)).
- The usual Indo-European word is represented by Old English eoh, from PIE *ekwo- "horse" (see equine). In many other languages, as in English, this root has been lost in favor of synonyms, probably via superstitious taboo on uttering the name of an animal so important in Indo-European religion.
- Used since at least late 14c. of various devices or appliances which suggest a horse (e.g. sawhorse). To ride a horse that was foaled of an acorn (1670s) was through early 19c. a way to say "be hanged from the gallows." Slang for heroin is first attested 1950. Horse latitudes first attested 1777, the name of unknown origin, despite much speculation. Dead horse as a figure for "something that has ceased to be useful" is attested from 1630s.
- HORSEGODMOTHER, a large masculine wench; one whom it is difficult to rank among the purest and gentlest portion of the community. [John Trotter Brockett, "A Glossary of North Country Words," 1829]
- The horse's mouth as a source of reliable information is from 1921, perhaps originally of racetrack tips, from the fact that a horse's age can be determined accurately by looking at its teeth. To swap horses while crossing the river (a bad idea) is from the American Civil War and appears to have been originally one of Abe Lincoln's stories. Horse and buggy meaning "old-fashioned" is recorded from 1926 slang, originally in reference to a "young lady out of date, with long hair." The proverbial gift horse was earlier given horse:
- No man ought to looke a geuen hors in the mouth. [Heywood, 1546]
- The modern form perhaps traces to Butler's "Hudibras" (1663), where the tight iambic tetrameter required a shorter phrase:
- He ne'er consider'd it, as lothTo look a Gift-horse in the mouth.
- verb fool around
- And I told him I wouldn't have a horse around that would kick.
- Extract from : « Wayside Courtships » by Hamlin Garland
- So they harnessed the horse into the wagon, and the boy led the horse around to the door.
- Extract from : « Forests of Maine » by Jacob S. Abbott
- If there were a horse around he might change his clothes and ride.
- Extract from : « Virginia of Elk Creek Valley » by Mary Ellen Chase
- I believe you send a horse around for Mrs. Harboro occasionally?
- Extract from : « Children of the Desert » by Louis Dodge
- I was badly frightened, and turned my horse around and went back.
- Extract from : « The Land of Thor » by J. Ross Browne
- Simon swung his horse around to ride toward the rear of the column.
- Extract from : « The Saracen: The Holy War » by Robert Shea
- It was cold, clear starlight when Farris brought my horse around.
- Extract from : « The Reckoning » by Robert W. Chambers
- Then, of a sudden, he drew his horse around and spoke to the animal.
- Extract from : « An Undivided Union » by Oliver Optic
- If my eyes are good, there are thousands of Turkish horse around us.
- Extract from : « God Wills It! » by William Stearns Davis
- There, he wheeled the horse around again and dressed his spear.
- Extract from : « A Knyght Ther Was » by Robert F. Young
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