"horsing" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: horsings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)sɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun}} horsing (plural horsings)
  1. The military punishment of placing somebody on the back of another person, or on a wooden horse, etc., to be flogged.
    Sense id: en-horsing-en-noun-SwcoFREf

Verb

Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)sɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} horsing
  1. present participle and gerund of horse Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: horse
    Sense id: en-horsing-en-verb-6LPWKgu~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 76

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for horsing meaning in English (1.8kB)

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