Definitions for colt
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. coltnoun

   a young male horse under the age of four

2. Coltnoun

   a kind of revolver

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 2 votes

1. coltnoun

   A young male horse

2. coltnoun

   A youthful or inexperienced person; a novice

3. coltnoun

   A short piece of rope once used by petty officers to urge men to work

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. COLTnoun

   Etymology: colt, Saxon.

   1. A young horse: used commonly for the male offspring of a horse, as foal for the female.

   The colt hath about four years of growth, and so the fawn, and so the calf. Francis Bacon, Natural History, №. 759.

   Like colts or unmanaged horses, we start at dead bones and lifeless blocks. Jeremy Taylor, Holy Living.

   No sports, but what belong to war, they know;
   To break the stubborn colt, to bend the bow. John Dryden, Æn.

   2. A young foolish fellow.

   Ay, that’s a colt, indeed; for he doth nothing but talk of his horse. William Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice.

2. To Coltverb

   To befool.

   What a plague mean ye, to colt me thus? William Shakespeare, Hen. IV.

3. To Coltverb

   To frisk; to be licentious; to run at large without rule; to riot; to frolick.

   Etymology: from the noun.

   As soon as they were out of sight by themselves, they shook off their bridles, and began to colt anew more licentiously than before. Edmund Spenser, State of Ireland.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. colt

   A colt is a young, uncastrated male horse, usually under the age of four years old. The term can also refer to young male animals of other species like donkeys or zebras.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Coltnoun

   the young of the equine genus or horse kind of animals; -- sometimes distinctively applied to the male, filly being the female. Cf. Foal

2. Coltnoun

   a young, foolish fellow

3. Coltnoun

   a short knotted rope formerly used as an instrument of punishment in the navy

4. Coltverb

   to frisk or frolic like a colt; to act licentiously or wantonly

5. Coltverb

   to horse; to get with young

6. Coltverb

   to befool

7. Etymology: [OE. colt a young horse, ass, or camel, AS. colt; cf. dial. Sw. kullt a boy, lad.]

WikidataRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Colt

   A colt is a male horse, usually below the age of four or not more than four years of age. The term "colt" only describes young male horses and is not to be confused with foal, which is a horse of either sex less than one year of age. Similarly, a yearling is a horse of either sex between the ages of one and two. A young female horse is called a filly, and a mare once she is an adult animal. In horse racing, particularly for Thoroughbreds in the United Kingdom, a colt is defined as an uncastrated male from the age of two up to and including the age of four. An adult male horse if left intact is called either a "stallion" or a "horse"; if castrated, it is called a gelding. In some cases, particularly informal nomenclature, a gelding under four years is still called a colt. A rig or ridgling is a male equine with a retained testicle or one which has been incompletely castrated. In the wild, colts are driven from their herds by the herd stallion somewhere between the age of one and two. This may be in part an instinct to prevent inbreeding. When driven out, they usually join with other young stallions in a bachelor herd. They stay with this band until they are mature enough to form their own herd of mares. The terms "rag" or "rake" have been historically used to refer to a group of colts, but they have fallen out of modern usage.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Colt

   kōlt, n. a young horse: an awkward fellow: an inexperienced youth: (B.) a young camel or ass: (naut.) a rope's end.—v.i. (Spens.) to frisk like a colt.—v.t. (Shak.) to cheat: to give the rope's end, to beat.—adj. Colt′ish, like a colt: frisky: wanton.—ns. Colt's′-foot, a composite plant with large soft leaves once used for asthma and coughing; Colt's′-tooth, one of a horse's first set of teeth; (Shak.) love of youthful pleasures: wantonness. [A.S. colt; Sw. kult, a young boar, a stout boy.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. colt

   A short piece of rope with a large knot at one end, kept in the pocket for starting skulkers.

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1. COLT

   What does COLT stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the COLT acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. COLT

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Colt is ranked #19498 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Colt surname appeared 1,385 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Colt.
   
   86% or 1,192 total occurrences were White.
   5.7% or 79 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   4.5% or 63 total occurrences were Black.
   2.4% or 34 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.8% or 12 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.3% or 5 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Matched Categories

1. • Foal
   • Male
   • Revolver

Anagrams for colt »

1. clot

How to pronounce colt?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of colt in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of colt in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of colt in a Sentence

1. David Katz:

   A .45 Long Colt, that’s…very, very dangerous, tremendous penetrating power.

2. Jim Irsay:

   I want him to and I've asked him to, i would love to have him retire as a Colt and how he handles that part of his career.

3. Jasper Colt:

   WCCO’s Reg Chapman reported that during the height of the chaos – which came after hours of peaceful protesting – law enforcement told him, along with other WCCO photojournalists to get on the ground. They took pictures of the journalists and checked their credentials before allowing them to continue on. colt described police then corralling protesters and media into one group and yelling for them to get ‘flat on our stomachs.’.

4. Otero County:

   I’m gonna leave either tonight or tomorrow. I’ve got a .357 Henry Big Boy rifle lever action that I’ve got in the trunk of my car and I’ve got a .357 single action revolver, the Colt Ruger Vaquero that I’ll have underneath the front seat on my right side and I will embrace my Second Amendment.

5. Washington Redskins:

   Yeah, for sure. We have to have that, i mean Case coming off the most experience is great. Colt has the most experience with this terminology in this system, and Dwayne was the 15th pick in the draft. We'll see what happens.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=colt
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Colt
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=colt
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/colt
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=colt
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=colt
8. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=colt
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html