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cockhorse

cockhorse adjective: lifted up, as one is on a tall horse.

Adjective

cockhorse (comparative more cockhorse, superlative most cockhorse)

  1. Lifted up, as one is on a tall horse.
  2. (figuratively) Lofty in feeling; exultant, proud, upstart.
    • [Y]et I needs muſt ſee / Our painted fooles and cockehorſe peſſantry, / Still ſtill vſurpe, with long liues, loues and luſt, / The feats of vertue; […]1598, George Chapman, “Sixth Sestyad”, in Christopher Marlo[w]e, George Chapman, Hero and Leander: […], London: […] A[ugustine] M[atthews] for Richard Hawkins: […], published 1629, →OCLC

Noun

cockhorse (plural cockhorses)

  1. (archaic) A child's rocking horse.
    • Ride a cockhorse to Banbury cross.a. 1744, unknown author, Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross (traditional nursery rhymes)

Forms of cockhorse

Adjective
comparativemore cockhorse
superlativemost cockhorse
Noun
pluralcockhorses

Words formed from cockhorse

Questions about cockhorse

What does cockhorse mean?
Cockhorse means lifted up, as one is on a tall horse.
What part of speech is cockhorse?
Cockhorse can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near cockhorse in the dictionary

  1. cockheads
  2. cockhole
  3. cockholes
  4. cockholster
  5. cockholsters
  6. cockhorse
  7. cockhorses
  8. cockhound
  9. cockie
  10. cockied
  11. cockieleekie

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