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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Kenny McPeek, the colt’s trainer, made the announcement after a week of speculation that the horse might be skipping the second leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown.
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John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2024
The bay colt and jockey Victor Espinoza surged to the lead with a furlong to go and thundered across the finish line a length ahead in the 2015 Kentucky Derby.
—Beth Harris, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2024
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John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2024
The bay colt and jockey Victor Espinoza surged to the lead with a furlong to go and thundered across the finish line a length ahead in the 2015 Kentucky Derby.
—Beth Harris, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2024
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“Colt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/colt. Accessed 15 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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