Associations to the word «Colt»

Pictures for the word «Colt»

Wiktionary

COLT, noun. A young male horse.
COLT, noun. A youthful or inexperienced person; a novice.
COLT, noun. (nautical) A short piece of rope once used by petty officers as an instrument of punishment.
COLT, verb. (obsolete) (transitive) To horse; to get with young.
COLT, verb. (obsolete) (transitive) To befool.
COLT, verb. To frisk or frolic like a colt; to act licentiously or wantonly.
COLT EVIL, noun. (obsolete) A swelling in the genitals of horses; also (by extension), priapism.

Dictionary definition

COLT, noun. A young male horse under the age of four.
COLT, noun. A kind of revolver.

Wise words

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