horse

/hɔːs/ · noun

Meaning

Any of several animals related to Equus ferus caballus.
Equipment with legs.
Type of equipment.
A mass of earthy matter, or rock of the same character as the wall rock, occurring in the course of a vein, as of coal or ore; hence, to take horse (said of a vein) is to divide into branches for a distance.
The sedative, antidepressant, and anxiolytic drug morphine, chiefly when used illicitly.
An informal variant of basketball in which players match shots made by their opponent(s), each miss adding a letter to the word "horse", with 5 misses spelling the whole word and eliminating a player, until only the winner is left. Also HORSE, H-O-R-S-E or H.O.R.S.E. (see Variations of basketball#H-O-R-S-E).
To frolic, to act mischievously. (Usually followed by "around".)
To provide with a horse; supply horses for.
To get on horseback.
To sit astride of; to bestride.
(of a male horse) To copulate with (a mare).
To take or carry on the back.
Heroin (drug).