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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Stronghold needed at least a third-place finish to get in the first leg of the Triple Crown but did even better with a stirring stretch drive that propelled the 3-year-old colt to a win by a neck in the $750,000 Santa Anita Derby.
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John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2024
Bettors weren’t fooled by the colt’s dull effort in the Holy Bull and sent him off Saturday as the even-money favorite.
—Clark Spencer, Miami Herald, 30 Mar. 2024
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John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2024
Bettors weren’t fooled by the colt’s dull effort in the Holy Bull and sent him off Saturday as the even-money favorite.
—Clark Spencer, Miami Herald, 30 Mar. 2024
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“Colt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/colt. Accessed 5 May. 2024.
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colt
noun1
: foal entry 1
especially
: a young male horse
2
: an inexperienced young person
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