horsy
/ˈhɔɹsi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.12 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "Near-synonym: crude"
- "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."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈhɔɹsi/
- British English: /ˈhɔːsi/