🐴 A horse (child's word) 🐴 Like a horse 🧸 A toy horse

horsy

1 6.1

A friendly name children use for a real horse

noun
/ˈhɔrzi/

Baby Talk

: caballito

Nice horsy, nice horsy.
ride your horsy

Examples

Nice horsy, nice horsy.

Mame (1974)
Nice horsy, giddyup.

Mame (1974)
Little horsy ride in Central Park, maybe candlelight dinner?

The Basketball Diaries (1995)
Nice horsy, nice horsy.

Mame (1974)
Giddyup, nice horsy.

Mame (1974)
I'm a famous... ...horseman And we're a famous horsy Give me a hoof, my darling And I'll give you my heart Take me to your stable And nevermore we'll part Kill me

Amadeus (1984)
Look at that cute horsy over there; the children are so excited to ride it!
Every kid wants a horsy at the fair to ride and enjoy!
He giggled as he played with his little horsy, pretending it was a racing champion.

Synonyms

gee-gee

vshorsy

Baby Talk

9.5

A child's name for a horse

is the more affectionate informal term used in casual speech

Compounds

horsy set

8.5

A group of people who like horses, especially riding and racing

Surface Forms

horsy singular

horsies plural

Morphology

horsy = horse (transparent) = horse + y

An informal/affectionate noun formed by adding '-y' to 'horse', yielding a familiar or childlike term for a horse.

Etymology

Horsy is a friendly, informal form of horse using -y, like kitty or doggy, so people (especially children) use it to mean a real 'horse' in a loving or simple way.