colt
To frisk or frolic like a coltTo frisk or frolic like a colt; to act licentiously or wantonly.
» The mother fed the newborn colt.
Мать кормила новорожденного жеребёнка. — captcrouton
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4 senses(intransitive)To frisk or frolic like a colt; to act licentiously or wantonly.
(obsolete, transitive)To horse; to get with young.
(obsolete, transitive)To befool.
(obsolete, slang, transitive)To haze (a new recruit), as by charging a new juryman a "fine" to be spent on alcoholic drink, or by striking the sole of his foot with a board, etc.
Examples
8 sentencesThe mother fed the newborn colt.
ruМать кормила новорожденного жеребёнка. — captcrouton
The monkey rode on the colt.
ruОбезьяна ехала на жеребёнке. — captcrouton
The wildest colt makes the best horse.
ruСамый дикий жеребец становится лучшей лошадью. — captcrouton
The colt reared and threw the tall rider.
The calves and the colts were like children to him.
Origin
From Middle English colt, from Old English colt, from Proto-Germanic *kultaz (“plump; stumFrom Middle English colt, from Old English colt, from Proto-Germanic *kultaz (“plump; stump; thick shape, bulb”), from Proto-Indo-European *gelt- (“something round, pregnant belly, child in the womb”), from *gel- (“to ball up, amass”). Cognate with Faroese koltur (“colt, foal”) Norwegian kult (“treestump”), Swedish kult (“young boar, piglet, boy, lad”) / Swedish kulting (“piglet”). Related to child.
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Forms
colts, colting, colted, coltedSynonyms
1 synonymsWord family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.