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
Synonyms
Examples of horse around in a Sentence
the boys were horsing around on the boat when one of them fell overboard
Recent Examples on the Web
Grandmaster Han An, 59; his wife, Hong, 55; sons Simon and Christian, 20 and 18, and 22-year-old daughter Hannah at first thought the sounds emanating from the Cricket Wireless store next door were just employees horsing around.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 20 June 2024
Younger users lapped up its fun-house features and spent hours on it horsing around.
—Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2024
In the background, her housemates horse around, pretending to have a threesome—the kind of outrageous hookup their producers had hoped for all along.
—Emily Nussbaum, The New Yorker, 15 June 2024
Bella isn’t the only member of her family who loves to horse around.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 12 June 2024
Monday afternoon, the Kenosha County Sheriff's Department responded to a call of possible horsing around.
—Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2024
The people outfitted in ape costumes could be seen trotting their horses around on the sand while members of the public looked on in shock.
—Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 23 Apr. 2024
Speaking of adorable, how great was that glimpse of McGee laughing at Parker and Torres horsing around in the final scene?
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 23 Apr. 2024
But Priyanka, the oldest, drove her crazy, skipping school to horse around with her younger siblings.
—Qadri Inzamam Saumya Khandelwal, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2024
Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 20 June 2024
Younger users lapped up its fun-house features and spent hours on it horsing around.
—Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2024
In the background, her housemates horse around, pretending to have a threesome—the kind of outrageous hookup their producers had hoped for all along.
—Emily Nussbaum, The New Yorker, 15 June 2024
Bella isn’t the only member of her family who loves to horse around.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 12 June 2024
Monday afternoon, the Kenosha County Sheriff's Department responded to a call of possible horsing around.
—Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2024
The people outfitted in ape costumes could be seen trotting their horses around on the sand while members of the public looked on in shock.
—Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 23 Apr. 2024
Speaking of adorable, how great was that glimpse of McGee laughing at Parker and Torres horsing around in the final scene?
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 23 Apr. 2024
But Priyanka, the oldest, drove her crazy, skipping school to horse around with her younger siblings.
—Qadri Inzamam Saumya Khandelwal, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2024
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“Horse around.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/horse%20around. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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