horsing
n.
(in Poker) act of passing small sum of money to another player after winning the pot in a game
horse
v.
furnish with a horse; ride a horse; carry on one's back
horse
Noun
1. solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
(synonym) Equus caballus
(hypernym) equine, equid
(hyponym) roan
(member-holonym) Equus, genus Equus
(member-meronym) foal
(part-meronym) encolure
2. a padded gymnastic apparatus on legs
(hypernym) gymnastic apparatus, exerciser
(hyponym) pommel horse, side horse
3. troops trained to fight on horseback; "500 horse led the attack"
(synonym) cavalry, horse cavalry
(hypernym) military personnel, soldiery, troops
(member-meronym) cavalryman, trooper
(classification) military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine
4. a framework for holding wood that is being sawed
(synonym) sawhorse, sawbuck, buck
(hypernym) framework, frame, framing
(hyponym) trestle
5. a chessman in the shape of a horse's head; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa)
(synonym) knight
(hypernym) chessman, chess piece
Verb
1. provide with a horse or horses
(hypernym) provide, supply, ply, cater
(hyponym) remount
(derivation) Equus caballus
Horsing
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Horse
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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