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stakehorse

stakehorse noun: a person who bets (backs with a stake) on a player.

Noun

stakehorse (plural stakehorses)

  1. A person who bets (backs with a stake) on a player

Verb

stakehorse (third-person singular simple present stakehorses, present participle stakehorsing, simple past and past participle stakehorsed)

  1. To bet on the outcome of a game

Forms of stakehorse

Noun
pluralstakehorses
Verb
third-person singular presentstakehorses
present participlestakehorsing
past participlestakehorsed
paststakehorsed

Questions about stakehorse

What does stakehorse mean?
Stakehorse means a person who bets (backs with a stake) on a player.
What part of speech is stakehorse?
Stakehorse can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of stakehorse?
The plural of stakehorse is stakehorses.

Words near stakehorse in the dictionary

  1. stakeholderships
  2. stakeholding
  3. stakeholdings
  4. stakehole
  5. stakeholes
  6. stakehorse
  7. stakehorses
  8. stakehorsing
  9. stakelike
  10. stakenet
  11. stakenets

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