racehorse
racehorse noun: a horse that competes in races.
Noun
racehorse (plural racehorses)
- A horse that competes in races.
- They were bosker horses. Until I went to work for Bill I didn't know how good racehorses are.1946, Frank Sargeson, That Summer, and Other Stories, page 31
- Long before you see the lean, handsome heads peering mildly over the half-doors of the loose boxes, you know that East Ilsley's business is training racehorses.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 164
- Any member of certain species of genus Congiopodus.
racehorse meaning in Sanskrit, Tagalog, Malay and Indonesian
racehorse in Sanskrit
- racehorse
- जू jū́
racehorse in Tagalog
- horse that competes in races
- kabayong pangarera
racehorse in Malay
- horse that competes in races
- kuda lumba
racehorse in Indonesian
- horse that competes in races
- kuda pacu
Examples of racehorse in a sentence
- The racehorse pulled out of the Stakes with a hurt foot.
- The racehorse overtook the lead pack on the last turn.
- This racehorse is the strongest in a weak field.
Synonyms of racehorse
Forms of racehorse
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Origin of racehorse
From race + horse.
Words formed from racehorse
- pee like a racehorse
- piss like a racehorse
- piss like a Russian racehorse
- poor man's racehorse
- racehorse goanna
- racehorse grass
- racehorse keno
- racehorse monitor
Phrases with racehorse
Questions about racehorse
- What does racehorse mean?
- Racehorse means a horse that competes in races.
- What is racehorse in Sanskrit?
- Racehorse in Sanskrit is जू (jū́). See Racehorse meaning in Sanskrit.
- What part of speech is racehorse?
- Racehorse is a noun.
- What is the plural of racehorse?
- The plural of racehorse is racehorses.
Words near racehorse in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: racehorse (page history and authors); जू (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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