1
a
: foal
especially
: a male foal
b
: a young male horse that is usually not castrated and has not attained an arbitrarily designated age (such as four years)
2
: a young untried person
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Examples of colt in a Sentence
a colt who looked to the team's more experienced players for advice
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The colt also needed emergency surgery for a hole that caused urine to leak into his stomach, Jarvis said.
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Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 30 May 2024
The colt’s greatest pre-Derby win, by 8 lengths in the Feb. 3 Southwest Stakes, came in the Arkansas mud.
—Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 15 May 2024
Ezra’s birth follows the February arrival of a colt named Eros, and another foal that has remained in the marsh and out of human view.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 2 May 2024
So after taking over the barn of late trainer and mentor Mike Mitchell in 2014, the man who stepped away from the courtroom to live among the backstretch dirt has landed his first Derby shot with a bay colt named Stronghold.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 May 2024
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Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 30 May 2024
The colt’s greatest pre-Derby win, by 8 lengths in the Feb. 3 Southwest Stakes, came in the Arkansas mud.
—Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 15 May 2024
Ezra’s birth follows the February arrival of a colt named Eros, and another foal that has remained in the marsh and out of human view.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 2 May 2024
So after taking over the barn of late trainer and mentor Mike Mitchell in 2014, the man who stepped away from the courtroom to live among the backstretch dirt has landed his first Derby shot with a bay colt named Stronghold.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 May 2024
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“Colt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/colt. Accessed 7 Jun. 2024.
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colt
noun1
: foal entry 1
especially
: a young male horse
2
: an inexperienced young person
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