horse around

horse around

verb

Definition of HORSE AROUND

intransitive verb

: to engage in horseplay <horse around together, joking and laughing and pushing each other — D. K. Shipler>; also : fool around 1

Examples of HORSE AROUND

1. <the boys were horsing around on the boat when one of them fell overboard>

First Known Use of HORSE AROUND

1919

Related to HORSE AROUND

Synonyms: act up, clown (around), fool around, cut up, hotdog, monkey (around), showboat, show off, skylark

Related Words: carry on, misbehave; roughhouse; caper, cavort, disport, frisk, frolic, gambol, lark, rollick, romp; carouse, maffick, revel, roar, wassail

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Rhymes with HORSE AROUND

aboveground, Afghan hound, all-around, battleground, been around, belowground, bottom round, breeding ground, bring around, cast around, common ground, decompound, dumping ground, end around, fool around, get around, go around, hang around, in the round, jerk around, kick around, mess around, middle ground, muscle-bound, Norton Sound, off the ground, on background, on the ground, outward-bound, paperbound, perfect-bound, proving ground, push around, quarter-bound, runaround, screw around, shootaround, sleep around, spiral-bound, staging ground, stand one's ground, steamship round, stick around, stomping ground, surround sound, turnaround, turn around, ultrasound, underground, weather-bound, work-around, wraparound