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Yeah, this fucker was just like stop this fucking thing's making like 500 wheel horses...","canonicalId":"term:horsepower","priority":0.9,"confidence":1.0,"source":"hybrid-fuzzy+gpt-4.1-mini","data":{"explanation":"Horsepower is a unit of measurement for engine power output, indicating how much work an engine can perform. It helps quantify the performance capability of a car's engine.","simplifiedExplanation":"Horsepower tells you how strong a car's engine is and how fast it can make the car go. 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