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
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.
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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
Quit horsing around — the Clydesdales are back!
—Breanne L. Heldman, People.com, 10 Feb. 2025
In the video, Payne is shown horsing around with a large outdoor crowd and his bandmates, encouraging the fans to quiet their screaming and then raise the volume all the way back up.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2025
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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
Quit horsing around — the Clydesdales are back!
—Breanne L. Heldman, People.com, 10 Feb. 2025
In the video, Payne is shown horsing around with a large outdoor crowd and his bandmates, encouraging the fans to quiet their screaming and then raise the volume all the way back up.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for horse around
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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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Those have come from two players: Adrian Morejon of the San Diego Padres, who throws an odd knuckleball-changeup hybrid about 1 percent of the time, and Jonah Bride of the Minnesota Twins, an infielder fooling around with the knuckler in blowouts.—
Cody Stavenhagen,
New York Times,
19 June 2025
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The clip jumps between a bedroom, a record store, a disco, and even a basketball court, and sees all seven members of the South Korean boy band – RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V, and Jung Kook — showing off tight choreography, for which they are known.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Barker included a photo of Rocky — who was wearing a T-shirt and green and white sweatpants — showing off his curiosity by looking up at a sign of what appeared to be a yeti.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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The statue of Abraham Lincoln by Mount Rushmore creator Gutzon Borglum was cut up to be sold for its silver content, according to the Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office in Louisiana.—
Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
12 Sep. 2025
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Born Drew Desbordes, Druski, 30, is a long way from the kid who spent his time at the dinner table cutting up.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
4 Sep. 2025
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Johnson, who struggles with a neuroma, swears by her Oofos mules to keep it from acting up.—
Jennifer Heimlich,
SELF,
29 Aug. 2025
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Millennials are all about heading to the doctor’s office when their guts start acting up—and both experts agreed that’s a positive thing.—
Alisa Hrustic,
Health,
29 July 2025
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Gattuso reveled as his side broke the deadlock when Moise Kean headed in Mateo Retegui’s flick-on in the 58th minute.—
David Ferrini,
Forbes.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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And there are the neighbors who revel at the many nicknames coined for the spot.—
Lauren Brensel,
Sun Sentinel,
17 July 2025
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“Horse around.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horse%20around. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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