ALL meanings of beat a dead horse
beat a dead horse
B b - noun beat a dead horse to argue an issue that is already settled 3
- noun plural beat a dead horse a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing. 1
- noun plural beat a dead horse a fully mature male animal of this type; stallion. 1
- noun plural beat a dead horse any of several odd-toed ungulates belonging to the family Equidae, including the horse, zebra, donkey, and ass, having a thick, flat coat with a narrow mane along the back of the neck and bearing the weight on only one functioning digit, the third, which is widened into a round or spade-shaped hoof. 1
- noun plural beat a dead horse something on which a person rides, sits, or exercises, as if astride the back of such an animal: rocking horse. 1
- noun plural beat a dead horse Also called trestle. a frame, block, etc., with legs, on which something is mounted or supported. 1
- noun plural beat a dead horse Gymnastics. vaulting horse. pommel horse. 1
- noun plural beat a dead horse Carpentry. carriage (def 7). 1
- noun plural beat a dead horse soldiers serving on horseback; cavalry: a thousand horse. 1
- noun plural beat a dead horse Slang. a man; fellow. 1
- noun plural beat a dead horse Often, horses. Informal. horsepower. 1
- noun plural beat a dead horse horses, Slang. the power or capacity to accomplish something, as by having enough money, personnel, or expertise: Our small company doesn't have the horses to compete against a giant corporation. 1
- noun plural beat a dead horse Chess Informal. a knight. 1
- noun plural beat a dead horse Slang. a crib, translation, or other illicit aid to a student's recitation; trot; pony. 1
- noun plural beat a dead horse Mining. a mass of rock enclosed within a lode or vein. 1
- noun plural beat a dead horse Nautical. traveler (def 6b). 1
- noun plural beat a dead horse Shipbuilding. a mold of a curved frame, especially one used when the complexity of the curves requires laying out at full size. 1
- noun plural beat a dead horse Slang. heroin. 1
- verb with object beat a dead horse to provide with a horse or horses. 1
- verb with object beat a dead horse to set on horseback. 1
- verb with object beat a dead horse to set or carry on a person's back or on one's own back. 1
- verb with object beat a dead horse Carpentry. to cut notches for steps into (a carriage beam). 1
- verb with object beat a dead horse to move with great physical effort or force: It took three men to horse the trunk up the stairs. 1
- verb with object beat a dead horse Slang. to make (a person) the target of boisterous jokes. to perform boisterously, as a part or a scene in a play. 1
- verb with object beat a dead horse Nautical. to caulk (a vessel) with a hammer. to work or haze (a sailor) cruelly or unfairly. 1
- verb with object beat a dead horse Archaic. to place (someone) on a person's back, in order to be flogged. 1
- verb without object beat a dead horse to mount or go on a horse. 1
- verb without object beat a dead horse (of a mare) to be in heat. 1
- verb without object beat a dead horse Vulgar. to have coitus. 1
- adjective beat a dead horse of, for, or pertaining to a horse or horses: the horse family; a horse blanket. 1
- adjective beat a dead horse drawn or powered by a horse or horses. 1
- adjective beat a dead horse mounted or serving on horses: horse troops. 1
- adjective beat a dead horse unusually large. 1
- idioms beat a dead horse beat / flog a dead horse, to persist in pursuing or trying to revive interest in a project or subject that has lost its usefulness or relevance. 1
- noun beat a dead horse something that has ceased to be useful or relevant. 1
- verbal expression beat a dead horse pursue a hopeless cause 1
- verb beat a dead horse (Idiomatic) To persist or continue far beyond any purpose, interest or reason. 0