The Clue
One taken for a ride (5 letter answer)
The Answer
HORSE
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Notes
The answer HORSE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 170 puzzles.
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Definition
HORSE as a noun:
1. (horse, Equus caballus) = solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
2. (horse, gymnastic horse) = a padded gymnastic apparatus on legs
3. (cavalry, horse cavalry, horse) = troops trained to fight on horseback; "500 horse led the attack"
4. (sawhorse, horse, sawbuck, buck) = a framework for holding wood that is being sawed
5. (knight, horse) = a chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa)
HORSE as a verb:
1. provide with a horse or horses