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Webster 1913 Edition

Hippodrome

Hip′po-drome

,
Noun.
[L.
hippodromos
, Gr. [GREEK];
ἵπποσ
horse + [GREEK] course, fr. [GREEK] to run: cf. F.
hippodrome
.]
1.
(Gr. Antiq.)
A place set apart for equestrian and chariot races.
2.
An arena for equestrian performances; a circus.

Webster 1828 Edition

Hippodrome

HIP'PODROME

,
Noun.
[Gr. a horse, and a course, to run.] Anciently, a circus, or place in which horse races and chariot races were performed, and horses exercised.

Definition 2024

hippodrome

hippodrome

English

Noun

hippodrome ‎(plural hippodromes)

  1. A horse racing course.
  2. (US, slang, sports) A fraudulent sporting contest with a predetermined winner.

Translations

Verb

hippodrome ‎(third-person singular simple present hippodromes, present participle hippodroming, simple past and past participle hippodromed)

  1. (US, slang, sports) To stage a sporting contest to suit gamblers.

See also

French

Etymology

From Latin hippodromos, from Ancient Greek ἱππόδρομος ‎(hippódromos), from ἵππος ‎(híppos, “horse”) + δρόμος ‎(drómos, “course”); synchronically, hippo- +‎ -drome.

Noun

hippodrome m ‎(plural hippodromes)

  1. a hippodrome, a circuit for equestrian sport

See also

Latin

Noun

hippodrome

  1. vocative singular of hippodromos

Etymology

Borrowing from French hippodrome, from Latin hippodromos, from Ancient Greek ἱππόδρομος ‎(hippódromos), from ἵππος ‎(híppos, “horse”) + δρόμος ‎(drómos, “course”); synchronically, hippo- +‎ -drome.

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