hors·y

also hors·ey (hôr′sē)

adj. hors·i·er, hors·i·est

1. Of, relating to, or resembling horses or a horse.

2. Devoted to horses and horsemanship: the horsy set.

3. Large and clumsy: illustrations that looked horsy on the page.

hors′i·ly adv.

hors′i·ness n.

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horsey

(ˈhɔːsɪ) or

horsy

adj, horsier or horsiest

1. of or relating to horses: a horsey smell.

2. dealing with or devoted to horses

3. like a horse: a horsey face.

ˈhorsily adv

ˈhorsiness n

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

hors•y

or hors•ey

(ˈhɔr si)

adj. hors•i•er, hors•i•est.

1. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a horse.

2. dealing with or interested in horses or sports involving them.

3. rather heavy in general appearance or facial structure.

[1585–95]

hors′i•ly, adv.

hors′i•ness, n.

Translations

horsey

horsy [ˈhɔːsɪ] ADJ (horsier (compar) (horsiest (superl))) [person] → aficionado a los caballos; [appearance] → caballuno

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

horsey

[ˈhɔː^rsi] adj

(= fond of horses) → féru(e) de chevaux

[appearance] → chevalin(e)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

horsey

, horsy

adj (+er)

(= keen on horses) person, family → pferdenärrisch; horsey people → Pferdenarren pl; she’s a bit horsey → sie ist ein ziemlicher Pferdenarr or -fan

(pej: = horse-like) person → pferdeähnlich; horsey face → Pferdegesicht nt

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

horsey

horsy [ˈhɔːsɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (fam) (person) → che adora i cavalli; (appearance) → cavallino/a, da cavallo

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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The driver was a young man of three-or four-and-twenty, with a cigar between his teeth; wearing a dandy cap, drab jacket, breeches of the same hue, white neckcloth, stick-up collar, and brown driving-gloves--in short, he was the handsome, horsey young buck who had visited Joan a week or two before to get her answer about Tess.

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And so far as could be seen from the road - which it stood too near - the house itself appeared to be the one thing that the horsey purchaser had left much as he found it.

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'Hullo, Mahbub Ali' said a young Assistant District Traffic Superintendent who was waiting to go down the line - a tall, tow- haired, horsey youth in dingy white linen.

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There is a wonderful sympathy and freemasonry among horsey men.

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He was petting the mechanical bull and saying, "Nice horsey." I didn't write "nice horsey," I would never write "nice horsey," my characters don't say "nice horsey." Bedwetters say "nice horsey." So I was a bit irritated and left the set.

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