🧸 A toy horse 😮 Like a horse 🐴 Loves horses

horsey

1 6.0

Looking or behaving like a horse

adjective
/ˈhɔrzi/

Informal

: equino

Technically it is horsey sauce, one commenter explained.

Technically it is horsey sauce, one commenter explained.

Examples

The costume was quite horsey, with floppy ears and a tail that bounced as he pranced around.
The young girl's long face had a distinctly horsey appearance, with prominent features that reminded everyone of a pony.
His laugh had a horsey quality, echoing like a neigh that made the children giggle.

Synonyms

equine

vshorsey

9 6.6

Relating to horses and animals like them

is the common descriptive term for animal appearance or behavior

horsy

vshorsey

1 6.6

Like horses or showing a strong love for them

focuses on appearance and behavior not personal affection

horselike

vshorsey

3.6

Having the shape or movement of a horse

emphasizes appearance and behavior over only general likeness

Compounds

horsey set

1 8.5

People who love horses and take part in riding or racing

How Horse-Like

equine

9 6.6

horsey

Informal

1 6.0

horselike

3.6

Surface Forms

horsey positive

Morphology

horsey = horse (transparent) = horse + y

The adjective is a direct descriptive formation from 'horse' + '-y', meaning 'resembling or characteristic of a horse'.

Etymology

Horsey is built from horse and the ending -y meaning 'like', so it describes something that looks or acts 'horse-like'. That's why a face or movement can be called horsey when it reminds you of a horse.