Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A young female horse.
- n. Informal A lively, high-spirited girl or young woman.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A female colt or foal; a young mare.
- n. A young woman; a lively, hoydenish, or wanton girl.
- n. Synonyms Colt, etc. See pony.
- To foal, as a mare.
Wiktionary
- n. A young female horse.
- n. dated A young attractive female.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Zoöl.) A female foal or colt; a young mare. Cf. colt, foal.
- n. colloq. A lively, spirited young girl.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a young female horse under the age of four
Etymologies
- From Old Norse fylja (whence Danish føl). (Wiktionary)
- Middle English filli, from Old Norse fylja; see pau-1 in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“If a filly is as good as a colt, they ought to compete," said Jackson.”
“I think the filly is a better horse than Mine That Bird, bar none.”
“Trainer Chip Woolley, who will have Mike Smith ride Mine That Bird after Borel opted for the filly, is quietly confident that his slightly built horse can do it again.”
“The mother of [Garrett] Redmond’s 2-year-old filly is Jefferson’s Secret, whose sire is Colonial Affair.”
“We thought she was more of a mile-and-a-half filly, which is perfect for the Oaks.”
The Guardian: Why Frankie Dettori is more focused on the 2011 Oaks than the Derby
“As it turned out, the filly was the lone survivor of the Christmas massacre and they called her Bugz.”
Deanne Stillman: Christmas Elegy for Bugz the Wild Horse, 1998-2009
“The filly was the second recent Derby standout to suffer this fate, after Barbaro, the 2006 champion, had to be put down after suffering a leg injury at the 2006 Preakness Stakes.”
“Once she'd taken Destiny and named her, Put had been amused enough to call the filly's half-brother by a matching name.”
“The filly was her own property, and she was breaking it for her own riding.”
“Danedream's trainer Peter Schiergen said the filly was the best horse he's trained.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘filly’.
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Derby Day!
List of terms one could expect to hear or read in connection with the Kentucky Derby, or high-stakes horse racing in general. This is an open list.
morning line, filly, field, post, favorite, two-year-old, colt, three-year-old, lifetime starts, trained, trainer, owner and 91 more...
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11250 more...
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horses
everything horses
horse, bay, bloodhorse, bloodstock, bolter, broncho, bronco, brumby, bucker, buckjumper, cob, cocktail and 200 more...
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AGRI - horse breeding
place bet, Przewalski's horse, piaffe, genus Claviceps, stadium jumping, draft animal, snaffle bit, noseband, equestrian sport, endurance riding, curb bit, dressage and 678 more...
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You animal!
Names of animals that are also used to describe kinds of people. Nouns only, preferably single word.
For a related list, see sionnach's beastly verbs.rabbit, shark, hog, pussycat, bear, bull, skunk, hawk, wildcat, buck, slug, heifer and 112 more...
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femanimales
Animal words and phrases that are used when talking about women. Some of these are found offensive, but this can be discussed on the words' pages. This list is just a list.
pussy, kitten, cougar, beaver, bitch, chick, jenny, cow, filly, vixen, fox, la passera and 10 more...
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capitalcreative's Words
deviltry, visceral, cassanova, assuage, genesis, hot minute, osmosis, wistful, sublime, loathe, farfetched, newfangled and 283 more...
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theastic's Words
cellar, stalemate, wrought, opal, tyrant, squelch, squab, linen, tartan, paisley, scope, siren and 395 more...
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ADW2
nudnik, temper, intercalate, cleave, scowl, chapfallen, malapropos, disport, annals, paean, paradisiacal, whet and 362 more...
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A little of the old Ultra-Violence
Gorgeousness and Gorgeosity made flesh- downright horrorshow selections of vocabulary from Nadsat, the Russian-influenced slang of the raping and face-stomping delinquents of Burgess's A Clockwork ...
appypolly loggy, baboochka, baddiwad, banda, bezoomy, bitva, bog, bolnoy, bolshy, bratchny, bratty, britva and 186 more...
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originally started as an attempt to collect words I found visually and auditorially beautiful, as well as psychically evocative, this has become nothing more than a grab bag of word curiosities, a ...
bergamot, jambalaya, bee's knees, heliotrope, hosanna, gamboge, aureole, filial, madrigal, multilingual, sacrosanct, sojourn and 1072 more...
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Are we there yet?
These have some growing up to do.
colt, foal, kitten, cub, pup, heifer, larva, imago, veliger, trochophore, grub, maggot and 178 more...
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5-0
Hecko, words! I’m so happy I’ve found you. I want to keep you all and never want to lose you again. I hope you like it here.
amscray, thistledown, tine, tinsel, pungent, snarl, wail, lanky, viscid, dawdle, luminous, stow and 2719 more...
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HorsesintheSouth
Words pertaining to horses, equines, equestrians
horse, equine, equestrian, dressage, hunter, jumper, puissance, capriole, sidepass, levade, augurian, coop and 296 more...
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equestrian
paddock, canter, bridle, stirrup, colt, foal, stallion, filly, mare, gelding, weanling, yearling and 10 more...
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Horse Words
horse, pony, bridle, saddle, halter, hoof, equestrian, stirrup, mane, trot, canter, gallop and 21 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for filly.
feelsurreal "to play" in Nadsat Jan 7, 2009