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horse pills

horse pills is the plural of horse pill.

Meaning of horse pill

Noun

horse pill (plural horse pills)

  1. (humorous, idiomatic, mildly, sometimes) A medicinal pill which is very large in size and is therefore difficult for a person to swallow.
    • I'm lucky enough to remember to take my horse pill, much less drop it into a glass and wait 45 minutes.2002 June 26, “CNN.com - Dr. Sanjay Gupta: Vitamins and Alzheimer's”, in CNN, retrieved 25 Nov 2013
  2. (broadly, idiomatic) A fact, proposal, claim, etc. that is difficult to accept or believe.
    • Even pro-Soviet Communists will find the Geneva accord a difficult horse pill to swallow.1967 August 26, Harry Schwartz, “Answer To Soviet Shift: China”, in St. Petersburg Times, retrieved 25 Nov 2013, page 8A
  3. (animal husbandry) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see horse, pill: a pill for horses, sometimes a large one.

Questions about horse pills

What is horse pills the plural of?
Horse pills is the plural of horse pill.

Words near horse pills in the dictionary

  1. horse parlor
  2. horse parlors
  3. horse paste
  4. horse pastes
  5. horse pill
  6. horse pills
  7. horse piss
  8. horse pistol
  9. horse pistols
  10. horse plum
  11. horse power

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