as in to fool around
to engage in attention-getting playful or boisterous behavior
the boys were horsing around on the boat when one of them fell overboard
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Recent Examples of horse around
Fayetteville Sad Palomino’s Will King releases a collection of home recordings
In between horsing around with his longtime band Sad Palomino, Will King has been recording and trying to decide the best way to share songs, mostly written during winters from 2020 to 2025.
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Monica Hooper, Arkansas Online, 25 May 2025
Umberto Rispoli squeezed between horses around the top of the stretch and then rode Journalism to a tremendous rally.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 24 May 2025
The sport requires a combination of elegance and toughness as a team of eight girls wear long gowns, perfectly matching accessories and impeccable makeup while riding horses around an arena.
—Daniel Eduardo Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
Four people are facing charges in Louisiana for horsing around in a small-town Walmart last week.
Video that was posted on TikTok and went viral on social media showed three men and a teenage boy riding horses through the business in Baker, Louisiana.
—Elizabeth Pritchett, FOXNews.com, 16 Apr. 2025
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Monica Hooper, Arkansas Online, 25 May 2025
Umberto Rispoli squeezed between horses around the top of the stretch and then rode Journalism to a tremendous rally.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 24 May 2025
The sport requires a combination of elegance and toughness as a team of eight girls wear long gowns, perfectly matching accessories and impeccable makeup while riding horses around an arena.
—Daniel Eduardo Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
Four people are facing charges in Louisiana for horsing around in a small-town Walmart last week.
Video that was posted on TikTok and went viral on social media showed three men and a teenage boy riding horses through the business in Baker, Louisiana.
—Elizabeth Pritchett, FOXNews.com, 16 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for horse around
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Not too long ago, artificial intelligence was more or less a science project in which data scientists and developers fooled around with one-off small or test projects.—
Joe McKendrick,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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Gisin hopes that by fooling around with measurements of these more exotic states, physicists will come to better understand the role of measurement in general.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
8 Aug. 2025
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People confirmed the news on January 24 after Mariano shared a photo of herself holding their first child, daughter Ke'ala Coral, in a bikini that appeared to show off her growing bump.—
Meg Walters,
InStyle,
25 Jan. 2026
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That’s the fun discovery meteorologist Jennifer McDermed showed off in a post on X last week, amid severe winter weather across much of the country.—
Adam Carlson,
PEOPLE,
25 Jan. 2026
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By the third period, with his nose cut up, Kesselring was on the ice in the final minute of the game, helping to get it to overtime.—
Matthew Fairburn,
New York Times,
17 Jan. 2026
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To meet that goal, the grantmaker will cut up to 500 of its 2,375 staff positions by 2030, including some open roles that may remain unfilled.—
Stephanie Beasley,
Fortune,
14 Jan. 2026
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Likewise, when the young men started acting up, Josephine Holt took a keen interest in her newspaper.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Jan. 2026
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If your trackpad is acting up, keyboard shortcuts can keep you productive without fighting the cursor.—
Ken Colburn,
AZCentral.com,
19 Jan. 2026
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No need to pay to see the holiday lights; just drive or stroll around with friends and family to revel at all of the creativity and hard work.—
Laura Daily,
Denver Post,
2 Dec. 2025
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While hundreds reveled at Thursday night’s all-out bash for The Pierre hotel’s 95th anniversary, some of the building’s tenants in the floors above haven’t been feeling quite as celebratory.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
21 Nov. 2025
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“Horse around.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horse%20around. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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