horse around
verb
horsed around; horsing around; horses around
: to engage in horseplay
horse around together, joking and laughing and pushing each other—
D. K. Shipler
D. K. Shipler
also
: fool around sense 1
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Examples of horse around in a Sentence
the boys were horsing around on the boat when one of them fell overboard
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Elsewhere, two boys, Frank and Alain, get up to assorted mischief, sneaking onto a baseball diamond at night or horsing around on railroad tracks, although there are hints that Frank’s family may leave Cuba soon.
—Ben Kenigsberg, New York Times, 9 Jan. 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
The unidentified pre-teen was horsing around and throwing snowballs in Connecticut’s capital city with an 11-year-old friend, local ABC affiliate WTNH reported.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 23 Jan. 2025
Among racing’s many problems is that there are no dedicated air shipping companies that make moving horses around the country easy.
—John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 2024
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Ben Kenigsberg, New York Times, 9 Jan. 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
The unidentified pre-teen was horsing around and throwing snowballs in Connecticut’s capital city with an 11-year-old friend, local ABC affiliate WTNH reported.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 23 Jan. 2025
Among racing’s many problems is that there are no dedicated air shipping companies that make moving horses around the country easy.
—John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 2024
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“Horse around.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/horse%20around. Accessed 24 Feb. 2025.
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