Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A young cow, especially one that has not yet given birth to a calf.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A young cow.
- noun A young female terrapin, Malaclemmys palustris, measuring 5 or 6 inches along the lower shell. See
cow terrapin , under terrapin.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A young cow.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A young female bovine (
cow ) that has not yet had acalf . - noun slang An
ugly orobjectionable woman ; acow .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun young cow
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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These men drilled a long time on what they called a heifer dance -- a beautiful spectacular, and highly moral and instructive quadruped clog, sirloin shuffle, and cow gallop, to the music of a piano-forte.
Remarks Bill Nye 1873
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The Holstein heifer has one neck and two ears – but also four eyes, two noses and two mouths.
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'What do you call a heifer in a number-seven football jersey carrying an M-16 assault rifle?' he asked the assembly, pitching a gag he'd heard on Off The Ball.
Be My Enemy Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2004
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Gianna heard Bubbles, who sat directly behind her, mumble something derogatory in response to being called a heifer.
Stealing Candy Allison Hobbs 2010
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Gianna heard Bubbles, who sat directly behind her, mumble something derogatory in response to being called a heifer.
Stealing Candy Allison Hobbs 2010
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A heifer is a different story, a cause for celebration.
The Dirty Life Kristin Kimball 2010
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This is a little Holstein heifer--Holstein is a breed of milk cow and a heifer is a female--she will grow up to be the sweet little bovine with the brown eyes and the cud chewing and the patient waiting for milking.....
Archive 2008-12-01 Judith "Jlo" Quinton 2008
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This is a little Holstein heifer--Holstein is a breed of milk cow and a heifer is a female--she will grow up to be the sweet little bovine with the brown eyes and the cud chewing and the patient waiting for milking.....
The 12 Days Of Christmas - Day 8: Guest Post By Josie Gwin Judith "Jlo" Quinton 2008
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Then Zeus changed the maiden into a heifer, to save her from the anger of Here, but presently Here learned that the heifer was the maiden whom she hated, and she went to Zeus, and said,
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A certain man at his death left his son, then a child, a cow-calf, which wandered in the desert till he came to age; at which time his mother told him the heifer was his, and bid him fetch her, and sell her for three pieces of gold.
The Koran (Al-Qur'an) George Sale 1716
treeseed commented on the word heifer
a springing heifer or a springer is a young cow about to deliver her first calf
February 4, 2008
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This word was chosen as Wordnik word of the day.
November 11, 2009
dbekeny commented on the word heifer
ZEKE
Say! Get in there before I make a dime bank
out of you! Listen, kid, are you going to
let that old Gulch heifer try and buffalo
you?
July 9, 2010