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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

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Examples of horse around in a Sentence

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

First Known Use of horse around

1919

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horse around Synonyms

Synonyms

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

Related Words

carry on, misbehave;

roughhouse;

caper, cavort, disport, frisk, frolic, gambol, lark, rollick, romp;

carouse, revel, roar, wassail;

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