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horsing

horsing is the present participle and gerund of horse.

Meaning of horse

Verb

horse (third-person singular simple present horses, present participle horsing, simple past and past participle horsed)

  1. (intransitive) Synonym of horse around.
    • "Stop horsing, and guess how many kids!"1958, Gay Gaer Luce, Cross Your Heart, page 181
  2. (transitive) To play mischievous pranks on.
    • Was someone horsing her? Was it Josh's idea of a joke? For some moments she sat, plump hands with long pointed pink nails, toying with the envelope. Then she went to the telephone and called[…]2015 March 7, Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr., Palm Beach: A Novel, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 106
  3. (transitive) To provide with a horse; supply horses for.
    • being better horsed, outrode mec. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […]...
  4. (obsolete) To get on horseback.
    • He horsed himself well.1888, Rudyard Kipling, Cupid's Arrows
  5. To sit astride of; to bestride.
    • Stalls, bulks, windows / Are smothered up, leads filled, and ridges horsed / With variable complexions, all agreeing / In earnestness to see him.1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...
  6. To copulate with (a mare).

See all 40 meanings of horse

Noun

horsing (plural horsings)

  1. The military punishment of placing somebody on the back of another person, or on a wooden horse, etc., to be flogged.
    • And though we cannot enumerate the “horsings,” and other little tender attentions that his juvenile indiscretions obtained him, we give him full credit for having received a modicum of castigation.1826, William Oxberry, Catherine Elizabeth Hewitt Oxberry, Oxberry's Dramatic Biography and Histrionic Anecdotes
    • He grew up mortal fond of trading, and with a mortal hatred to learning; he, however, was flogged through Osterald's abridgement of the New Testament once or twice, and got one or two horsings over a Chapter of Genesis […]1838, Thomas Dick, The educational magazine, and journal of Christian philanthropy

Forms of horsing

pluralhorsings

Phrases with horsing

Words that rhyme with horsing

Questions about horsing

What does horsing mean?
Horsing means the military punishment of placing somebody on the back of another person, or on a wooden horse, etc., to be flogged.
What is horsing the present participle and gerund of?
Horsing is the present participle and gerund of horse.
What part of speech is horsing?
Horsing is a noun.
What is the plural of horsing?
The plural of horsing is horsings.

Words near horsing in the dictionary

  1. horsifies
  2. horsify
  3. horsifying
  4. horsily
  5. horsiness
  6. horsing
  7. horsing about
  8. horsing around
  9. horsings
  10. Horsky
  11. Horsley

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