One who keeps himself or his aims hidden. Keeping things secret, or concealed even seemingly pointless secrets they can be referred to as a dark horse when the interest, relationship, or action is revealed. Perhaps surprising, unexpected, even vaguely scandalous.
"Did you hear Dick won a mountain biking race?"
"Wow! What a dark horse, I thought he was a couch potato!!!"
"Trent has a new hot younger girlfriend, they were keeping it secret because he's her dad's friend"
"What a dark horse!!!"
"Wow! What a dark horse, I thought he was a couch potato!!!"
"Trent has a new hot younger girlfriend, they were keeping it secret because he's her dad's friend"
"What a dark horse!!!"
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A sexual act where one naked man sits on another mans hairy back in the riding position and jerks him off from underneath, and just before climaxing the 'horse' is forced to neigh and the 'jockey' shits all down his back, making a tail.
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The word dark as you know means not lit up or shady and horse is flat out another way to say dick
The word dark as you know means not lit up or shady and horse is flat out another way to say dick
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Get the dark horse mug.In the Unreal Tournament video game series a Dark Horse is like an Ace where a single player manages to eliminate the entire enemy team with the killing blow. Unlike an Ace the player needs to be the last person alive on their team while the entire enemy team is alive. The player must kill the entire enemy team alone to be a Dark Horse.
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What about Paul last night? He had 10 cocktails, groped lots of girls, and ended up in a bar wearing only his pants and a reflective workman's vest. I never knew he was so wild - he must have been a dark horse all along.
by Anthony August 2, 2004
Get the dark horse mug.A song (a great one too, although not terribly well sung or produced) and the title track of the 1974 Apple album of the same name by the late, great George Harrison. Dark Horse was also the name of the visionary guitarist and composer's record label (distributed by the Brothers Warner), which he recorded seven albums for after leaving Apple (the label the Beatles formed in 1968) in 1976. Harrison himself was also known as the Dark Horse of the Beatles, a reference to a racehorse that people bet little on in the beginning, but who ultimately outshines his competitors in the end. When you have Lennon, McCartney and Martin as your mentors and Clapton, Dylan, and Shankar as three of your best friends, you can't help but radiate brilliance, as George did — and still does. As the Man himself sang:
"I'm a dark horse
Running on a dark race course
I'm a blue moon
Since I stepped out of the womb
I've been a cool jerk
Looking for the source
I'm a dark horse."
Running on a dark race course
I'm a blue moon
Since I stepped out of the womb
I've been a cool jerk
Looking for the source
I'm a dark horse."
by Victor Felix October 1, 2005
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