mustang

noun

Definition of mustangnext
as in bronco

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Recent Examples of mustang My chat with Gilberto led to my learning the backstory behind the front desk’s bas-relief mustang stampede. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 May 2026 Ocracoke is home to a herd of Wild Banker Horses that are the descendants of Spanish mustangs that ended up on the island after a shipwreck several hundred years ago. — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 20 Apr. 2026 Over the coming year, The Lost Horses will roll out a series of short-form films, digital and traditional PSAs, and live events, highlighting everything from wild mustangs and rescue horses to lesson ponies and Olympic athletes. — Brent Lang, Variety, 23 Jan. 2026 What would the American West be without untamed mustangs roaming the plains? — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 25 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mustang
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mustang
  1. bronco
  2. pony
  3. mare
  4. stallion
  5. colt
  6. gelding
  7. foal
  8. filly
Noun
  • One of the elephants, 51-year old Swarna, began running around her enclosure in a circle, like a bucking bronco.
    — Hana Kiros, The Atlantic, 3 July 2026
  • Their first rodeo There was barrel racing, bronco bucking, bull riding, world class horsemanship and calf roping.
    — Adam Beam, AJC.com, 22 June 2026
Definition of bronco
Noun
  • The event will have craft beer, brat tents, pony rides, a petting zoo and a kids’ area.
    — Nathan Pilling July 29, Kansas City Star, 29 July 2026
  • Thursday that the pony had left its enclosure the night before in a neighborhood off San Felipe Road.
    — Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 26 July 2026
Definition of pony
Noun
  • The $400,000 Hirsch has drawn nominations from 13 fillies and mares, with the 1 1/16-mile winner also earning an automatic spot in the field for the Breeders’ Cup Distaff.
    — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 July 2026
  • Their Italian fare is inspired by the seafood Nantucket is known for, so look forward to the frutti del mare served alongside fine Italian wines.
    — Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2026
Definition of mare
Noun
  • Ferrari further modified the emblem by turning the horse’s tail upward to symbolize luck and victory—a notable departure from the downward-pointing tail of Baracca’s prancing stallion.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 July 2026
  • Down at the bottom of the hill, Butch was sitting in the grass among a dozen or more stallions.
    — Emily Ruskovich, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026
Definition of stallion
Noun
  • The Derby’s question is quite often decided by whichever colt or filly has the racing focus and the strength not to succumb to his or her ambient freak-out.
    — Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • Six days after winning his first race in nearly a year, the multiple Grade 1-stakes-winning colt Journalism has been retired.
    — Jay Posner, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026
Definition of colt
Noun
  • My husband Louis and I looked up and saw Dick, a 1,500-pound bay gelding, pause on the skyline and calmly survey the mad scramble of men and horses below him.
    — Dolores Brown, Outdoor Life, 17 June 2026
  • Deniz, a 16-year-old gelding, died on June 9.
    — Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 16 June 2026
Definition of gelding
Noun
  • Into Mischief produced his first crop of foals for a relatively modest $12,500 stud fee.
    — Graham Cornwell, New York Times, 19 June 2026
  • Three foals have appeared on North Carolina’s Shackleford Banks, a barrier island that has become an increasingly perilous home to a herd of beloved wild horses.
    — Mark Price June 3, Charlotte Observer, 3 June 2026
Definition of foal
Noun
  • Later, three-year-old fillies take center stage in the Grade 3 Lake George Stakes on the inner turf course before the Grade 2 Jim Dandy Stakes headlines the card.
    — Geoff Clark OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Thoroughbred filly Counting Stars delivered a stellar performance, winning the Grade 1 Coaching Club American Oaks at Saratoga in 2026.
    — Danny Brewer, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of filly

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