horses

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US/ˈhoɹsɪz/US/ˈhoɹsəz//ˈhɔːɹsɪz//ˈhɔːɹsəz/

noun

Horsepower.

CommonScrabble 9

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of horse
  2. slangHorsepower.

    I got four hundred horses tucked under the hood.

    1979, Al Greenwood, Lou Gramm, “Rev on the Red Line”, in Head Games
    1 more example

    This is a diagnostic test of your engine. You're supposed to have an output of a hundred and sixty-eight horses at sixty-two hundred R.P.M.s. You're nowhere near that.

    1994, Blood (The X-Files), (Please provide the book title or journal name)
verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of horse

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

horses. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horses

MLA

“horses.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horses. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “horses,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horses.

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