This week’s theme
Words originating in horses

This week’s words
hippodrome
horse race
chivalry
warhorse
wrangler

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(HORS rays)

MEANING:

noun:
1. The treating of a contest, especially an election, as if a sport, focusing on polls, perceptions, etc., instead of substantive issues, such as policies.
2. A close contest.

ETYMOLOGY:

From horse, from Old English hors + race, from Old Norse (ras). Earliest documented use: 1586.

USAGE:

“The natural interest in the horse race of politics makes it easy to overlook the problems for both sides this week with the detail of what they offer Australian voters.”
David Crowe; Doughnut Election; Sydney Morning Herald (Australia); Apr 12, 2019.

See more usage examples of horse race in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: