a child’s toy consisting of a (usually wooden) horse mounted on a rocker or swing

(intransitive, transitive) To want something to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might. / To be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes.

(countable or uncountable) The feeling of trust, confidence, belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen. / (countable) The actual thing wished for.

(Northern England, Scotland) A hollow; a valley, especially the upper end of a narrow mountain valley when it is nearly encircled by smooth, green slopes; a combe.

A sloping plain between mountain ridges. / (Scotland) A small bay; an inlet; a haven.

Alternative letter-case form of around the Horn.

(US, Navy, idiomatic) Via shipboard communications, formerly metal tubes with earhorn-like ends. / Following the extremely hazardous naval route around Cape Horn, the southernmost point in South America.

Alternative form of around the Horn

To sail around Cape Horn.

(obsolete) A toast made while touching glasses together. / A drinking together. / An informal chat.