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scopey

scopey adjective: of a horse: capable of performing jumps in a stylish and skilful manner.

Adjective

scopey (comparative more scopey, superlative most scopey)

  1. Of a horse: capable of performing jumps in a stylish and skilful manner.
    • There’s no rush, he’s only four, he’s big and scopey and when he jumps fences, he’ll be really exciting.2015 October 9, Chris Cook, “Horse by horse guide to Paul Nicholls’ stable for the new jumps season”, in The Guardian

Forms of scopey

comparativemore scopey
superlativemost scopey

Origin of scopey

From scope + -y.

Questions about scopey

What does scopey mean?
Scopey means of a horse: capable of performing jumps in a stylish and skilful manner.
What part of speech is scopey?
Scopey is an adjective.

Words near scopey in the dictionary

  1. scoper
  2. scopers
  3. scopes
  4. scopes in
  5. scopes out
  6. scopey
  7. scophthalmid
  8. scophthalmids
  9. scopid
  10. scopids
  11. scopie

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