Phrase Hound found 135 phrases and 47 compound words that contain horses. The most common are listed below. Open horses in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 135
- wild horsesplural of wild horse: A member of the species Equus ferus, sometimes excluding the domesticated horse.
- horses for coursesDifferent people are suited for different jobs or situations; what is fitting in one case may not be fitting in another.
- scare the horsesTo upset public order, decorum, or conventional values.
- black horsesplural of black horse
- clothes-horsesplural of clothes-horse: A frame on which laundry is hung to dry.
- cutting horsesplural of cutting horse: A horse which has been trained to assist its rider in managing livestock by separating selected animals from a herd.
- dark horsesplural of dark horse: Someone who possesses talents or favorable characteristics that are not known or expected by others.
- draft horsesplural of draft horse: A horse used for muscular work other than carrying a rider and/or load, such as pulling a cart, plow, or log.
- quarter horsesplural of quarter horse: An American breed of horse originally bred for short-distance racing.
- river horsesplural of river horse: Hippopotamus.
- sea horsesplural of sea horse: Any of the small fish of the genus Hippocampus that have a horselike head and swim upright.
- war-horsesplural of war-horse: Any horse used in horse-cavalry, but especially one bearing an armoured knight.
- white horsesplural of white horse: Any of several horse-shaped chalk figures in England, such as the Uffington White Horse.
- hay is for horsesSaid as a retort to someone saying hey (any sense of the interjection), used to indicate that the speaker disapproves of the usage of the word "hey", perhaps due to a dislike of informal speech.
- hold one's horsesTo be patient; to wait.
- hobby-horsesplural of hobby-horse: The Irish Hobby, an extinct breed of horse.
- Trojan horsesplural of Trojan horse: The hollow wooden horse by which the Greeks allegedly gained access to Troy during the Trojan War.
- saddle horsesplural of saddle horse: A horse that has been specially trained for riding, specifically the American Saddlebred.
- rocking horsesplural of rocking horse: a child’s toy consisting of a (usually wooden) horse mounted on a rocker or swing
- Arabian horsesplural of Arabian horse: A breed of horse that originated on the Arabian Peninsula characterised by a refined, wedge-shaped head, broad forehead, large eyes, large nostrils and small muzzle.
- Icelandic horsesplural of Icelandic horse: A horse of a small, hardy breed developed from ponies taken to Iceland by Norse settlers in the 9th and 10th centuries.
- charley horsesplural of charley horse: Synonym of cramp, a painful involuntary muscle contraction, particularly a strong cramp in the torso, arms, or legs.
- dandy-horsesplural of dandy-horse: A two-wheeled foot-propelled vehicle with no pedals or brakes; a draisienne.
- stalking horsesplural of stalking horse: A horse used as cover by a hunter stalking game.
- draught horsesplural of draught horse: UK standard spelling of draft horse.
Compound words 47
- horseshoeThe U-shaped shoe of a horse, now typically made of metal; by extension, a representation of this used to play the game horseshoes, hung as a luck charm, etc.
- horseshoesplural of horseshoe: The U-shaped shoe of a horse, now typically made of metal; by extension, a representation of this used to play the game horseshoes, hung as a luck charm, etc.
- seahorsesplural of seahorse: Any of the small fish of the genus Hippocampus that have a horselike head and swim upright.
- racehorsesplural of racehorse: A horse that competes in races.
- workhorsesplural of workhorse: A horse used primarily for manual labor; a draft horse.
- battlehorsesplural of battlehorse: Any horse used in horse-cavalry, but especially one bearing an armoured knight.
- bloodhorsesplural of bloodhorse: A horse whose blood or lineage is derived from the purest and most highly prized stock (typically a Thoroughbred or Arabian)
- boathorsesplural of boathorse: A horse that tows a boat or barge.
- carthorsesplural of carthorse: A large, strong horse used for pulling heavy loads.
- charleyhorsesplural of charleyhorse: Synonym of cramp, a painful involuntary muscle contraction, particularly a strong cramp in the torso, arms, or legs.