colt
[kohlt]
- a young male animal of the horse family.
- a male horse of not more than four years of age.
- a young or inexperienced person.
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Origin of colt
before 1000; Middle English, Old English; compare dialectal Swedish kult little pig
Colt1
[kohlt]
- a brand of revolver.
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Colt2
[kohlt]
- Samuel,1814–62, U.S. inventor of the Colt revolver.
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Examples from the Web for colt
Contemporary Examples
Political ads demonizing some politicians and praising others play on as an older man sips his Colt 45.
Colt, Remington, and Gauge have all soared, and Gunner is much more common than the traditional name Gunnar.
He gives Carl back his gun and holsters his own famous Colt Python back around his waist.
If the mass shooting begins, we Russians will also have to grab a Colt, and aim at the enemy, unfortunately.
He was even said to have tossed coins in the air and shot them with the Colt .45 and the .357 Magnum he was said always to carry.
Historical Examples
For the gun Andy had his Colt in the holster, and he knew it like his own mind.
Way of the LawlessMax Brand
One can't always tell how a colt will shape, can they, Mike?
ThoroughbredsW. A. Fraser
That's the first showing I've had from the colt as a three-year-old; but I knew he had it in him.
ThoroughbredsW. A. Fraser
Our boy remained with the colt, drying it and rubbing it down as well as he could.
My Double LifeSarah Bernhardt
The colt's ready and this weather suits him down to the ground.
Old Man CurryCharles E. (Charles Emmett) Van Loan
colt
- a male horse or pony under the age of four
- an awkward or inexperienced young person
- sport
- a young and inexperienced player
- a member of a junior team
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Word Origin
Old English colt young ass, of obscure origin; compare Swedish dialect kult young animal, boy
Colt
- trademark a type of revolver, pistol, etc
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Word Origin
C19: named after Samuel Colt (1814–62), American inventor
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Word Origin and History for colt
n.
Old English colt "colt," originally "young ass," in Biblical translations also used for "young camel," perhaps from Proto-Germanic *kultaz (cf. Swedish dialectal kult "young boar, piglet; boy," Danish kuld "offspring, brood") and akin to child. Applied to persons from early 13c.
COLT'S TOOTH An old fellow who marries, or keeps a young girl, is ſaid to have a colt's tooth in his head. ["Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue," 1796]
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Colt
n.
type of revolver, 1838, originally the manufacture of U.S. gunsmith Samuel Colt (1814-1862).
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