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    [Noun]  | "horse*pow*er" | \ ˈhȯrs-ˌpau̇(-ə)r \


    1: the power that a horse exerts in pulling

    2: a unit of power equal in the U.S. to 746 watts and nearly equivalent to the English gravitational unit of the same name that equals 550 foot-pounds of work per second

    3: effective power


    Origin: 1806 ;

    [Noun]  | "shaft horsepower" 


    1: horsepower transmitted by an engine shaft


    Origin: 1908 ;

    [Noun]  | "horsepower" 


    1: the ability to exert effort for the accomplishment of a task;


      * e.g., " ... that architectural firm probably doesn't have the creative horsepower to produce a truly innovative design "





     [ "horsepower" ]

    1: The number of milligrams (mg) of caffeine in a coffee/energy drink etc.

      * e.g.,  ... You shouldn’t drink Bang Energy. 300 horsepower is too much! I didn’t know a Starbucks latte had 150 horsepower! 

     [ "Horsepower" ]

    1: An imperial unit of power. 1 Hp = 746 W

      * e.g.,  ... It would take a car travelling up a 2 degree slope with drag coefficient .33 and cross sectional area 5m^2 44 Horsepower to go 100km/h. Excluding friction. 

     [ "Horsepower" ]

    1: Horsepower is directly related to torque. With a low torque output, you will have a low horsepower output. Torque will start higher in the low RPM's but will always cross with horsepower at 525

      * e.g.,  ... Check out that car, it has so much horsepower. 


     [ "Horsepower" ]

    2: Horsepower = (Torque x RPM) / 5252

      * e.g.,  ... No. It has a lot of torque. 

     [ "Horsepower" ]

    1: A thick ass and legs. A reference to "bottom end power". Usually used in reference to a girl who is not fat, but has a bigger ass and thighs. Can be good or bad, depending on the user's preference for a thicker ass and thighs.

      * e.g.,  ... Damn, that bitch has some horsepower! Mmmm Mmmm! or Her face is hella pretty and she's got some nice abs, but she's runnin' too much horsepower for my taste. 

     [ "horsepower hill" ]

    1: Any large, hillclimb that requires skill and brute hosrepower to successfully negotiate.

      * e.g.,  ... We went to Dove Springs and saw many riders attempting to climb Horsepower Hill. 

     [ "Mental Horsepower" ]

    1: When you personally have made a repair to a machine and feel that it works better just because you worked on it. Even if the part of the machine you worked on would not make it work any better.

      * e.g.,  ... Jim: "I replaced the heater core in my car, now it seems faster..." 

     [ "Mental Horsepower" ]

    1: Mental horsepower refers to intelligence in the purest sense of cognitive ability and memory.

      * e.g.,  ... mental horsepower 


     [ "Mental Horsepower" ]

    2: Those with high MH have the ability to learn math and science easily and trivially.

     [ "liquid horsepower" ]

    1: it’s skids. it’s skidding in rain it’s fucking therapeutic.

      * e.g.,  ... love some liquid horsepower after work some shit like that. 

     [ "exerted a horsepower" ]

    1: When taking a crap, to squeeze so hard that the power created actually creates a horsepower.

      * e.g.,  ... Dan: "Dude, I just squeezed so hard that I exerted a horsepower getting it out. 

     [ "rapider than horsepower" ]

    1: to be able to rock, and to do so in an outstandingly brilliant manner.

      * e.g.,  ... Dude, no wonder she left, she was SO into rapider than horsepower. 

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