horse

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a large animal with four legs that people ride on or use for carrying things or pulling vehicles:

to ride a horse

a horse and cart

horse races where you try to win money by correctly guessing which horse will win:

He spends all his money on the horses.

a tall piece of equipment that people jump over in gymnastics:

Her routine was a front handspring vault in which she had to block high off the horse, stay straight in the air and stick the landing.

He's like a gymnast lining up a run to the vaulting horse.

an informal basketball game for two or more people in which players take turns to score a basket and the other players have to copy the way they scored. If a player fails to score, they are given a letter, starting with H, then O, etc. and when a player has all the letters of the word "horse", they leave the game:

Deena and her mom played horse at their backyard basketball hoop.

a game of horse Who would you most like to challenge to a game of H-O-R-S-E ?

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a large animal with four legs that people ride on and which, esp. in the past, was used for pulling vehicles and carrying loads:

She taught him how to ride a horse.