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Recent Examples of horseplay Nearly 2,500 students received referrals for horseplay, and there were more than 1,400 referrals for profanity or vulgarity toward students or staff. Rebecca Grapevine, The Courier-Journal, 1 Mar. 2024 Simply the presence of Steve Van Zandt, Garry Tallent, Max Weinberg and Roy Bittan—E Streeters for nearly all of the ensemble’s 50-plus years—is a bedrock tradition, and source of horseplay and looseness that can only come from such lifelong love among friends. Steve Hochman, SPIN, 15 Apr. 2024 The news release didn’t detail the violations but instead offered a wide range of conduct covered by the provisions — including demeaning language, unwelcome touching and potentially injurious horseplay. Dan Morse, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2024 See what celebrities wore to New York Fashion Week, including Beyoncé’s surprise appearance in Brooklyn Out on the menswear runways in Paris in January, the horseplay didn’t stop. Leah Dolan, CNN, 16 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for horseplay 
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Noun
  • This makes the roughhouse ballet a satisfying bridge to the final scene in Roberta’s room, where their vulnerabilities are revealed.
    Peter Marks, Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Weighing between eight and 10 pounds, these pooches are not ideal for young kids who tend to roughhouse.
    Country Living, Country Living, 1 May 2023
Noun
  • This sweet 1978-82 CBS sitcom had plenty of workplace comedic tomfoolery, but none was more shocking and hilarious than the ending of this absurd Thanksgiving story.
    Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2024
  • But hey, at least her particular brand of right-wing tomfoolery isn’t headed down under.
    Abby Monteil, Them, 28 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Famously, Tommy Lee Jones could not sanction Jim Carrey’s buffoonery on Batman Forever.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2024
  • But conservatism ought not to be equated with populist buffoonery and mendacity.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 14 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Tirhakah Love is a senior writer at New York Magazine and the host of the new evening newsletter Dinner Party, a daily email that touches on all things entertainment — that means film, television, music, tech, and gaming — plus politics and corporate clownery.
    Vulture, Vulture, 29 Apr. 2022
  • The Winx Club live action is a big clownery!
    Olivia Truffaut-Wong, refinery29.com, 25 Jan. 2021
Noun
  • The slapstick comedy showcased his deadpan chops after beginning his career being considered a dramatic star.
    Jordan Moreau, Variety, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Even a black-and-white, near-silent slapstick comedy about a 19th-century trapper battling beavers.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 19 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Theo James and Theo James are getting into some serious monkey business.
    Nick Romano, EW.com, 12 Aug. 2024
  • But there was some monkey business during his very first scene that gave him pause.
    Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 10 May 2024

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“Horseplay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horseplay. Accessed 7 Dec. 2024.

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