Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A horse of any of various breeds having a light build and an excitable temperament, especially an Arabian or Thoroughbred.
  • adjective Relating to or having the characteristics of a hotblood.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Probably on the model of coldblood and warmblood.]

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  • Pat Murphy strains to keep up with Peruvian hotblood Mai Shiver after cutting in on Michael Mulcahy at the

    San Francisco Sentinel 2008

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