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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Decorators, manufacturers, magazines, department stores, artists and foreign governments flocked to Paris to show off their latest creations, drawing more than 16 million visitors.—
Joelle Diderich,
Footwear News,
25 Sep. 2025
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Beethoven's Ninth, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Outgoing Milwaukee Symphony Music Director Ken-David Masur has packed his concluding season here with major choral works to show off the Milwaukee Symphony Chorus in its 50th year.—
Jim Higgins,
jsonline.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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To mulch leaves, use a lawn mower or leaf shredder to cut up your leaves into small pieces and then pile them up around your plants.—
Maia Pandey,
jsonline.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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Investigators allegedly recovered evidence from Louisma's car, including a pocketknife with blood stains on it, machetes, a rope, a roll of duct tape, pink HeyDude shoes, and a cut up pink shirt with duct tape wrapped around it, CBS2 Iowa reports.—
KC Baker,
PEOPLE,
24 Sep. 2025
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In the cold and austere German winter (a far cry from Dakar’s physical and cultural warmth), an anxious Nourou acts up outside a hotel and is accosted by a Polish security guard, setting off a minor chain reaction in which Maja intervenes on his behalf, much to his chagrin.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
28 Sep. 2025
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Mature parents do not slap their children across the face for acting up.—
Jeanne Phillips,
Mercury News,
25 Sep. 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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Especially watching Curtis reveling playing a teen again.—
Katie Grant,
Parents,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Horse around.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horse%20around. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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