horse-collar

horse-col·lar

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [hawrs kol-er]
- /hɔrs ˈkɒl ər/
- /hɔːs ˈkɒl.ər/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hawrs kol-er]
- /hɔrs ˈkɒl ər/

Definitions of horse-collar word

noun horse-collar (especially in baseball) a score of zero. 1
verb with object horse-collar to prevent (an opposing baseball team or batter) from scoring or making a base hit. 1
noun horse-collar a band of leather or rope placed around a horse's neck to restrain or harness it 0

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Parts of speech for Horse-collar

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Horse-collar

horse-collar popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 27% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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