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单词 horseplay
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horseplay

(hɔːʳspleɪ)
uncountable noun
Horseplay is rough play in which people push and hit each other, or behave in a silly way.
[old-fashioned]
...the childish splashing and horseplay Mark indulged in.
Synonyms: rough-and-tumble, clowning, romping, fooling around More Synonyms of horseplay

horseplay in British English

(ˈhɔːsˌpleɪ)
noun
rough, boisterous, or rowdy play

horseplay in American English

(ˈhɔrsˌpleɪ)
noun
rough, boisterous fun

Examples of 'horseplay' in a sentence
horseplay

There was sure to be much laughter and horseplay.
Christianity Today (2000)
Even then he sits by himself and avoids the horseplay.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
(noun) 
Definition
rough or rowdy play
childish splashing and horseplay
Synonyms
rough-and-tumble
clowning
romping
fooling around
skylarking (informal)
high jinks
pranks
buffoonery
music hall buffoonery
roughhousing (slang)

Additional synonyms

in the sense of buffoonery
music hall buffoonery
Synonyms
clowning,
nonsense,
jesting,
silliness,
tomfoolery,
malarkey,
drollery,
waggishness

Nearby words of
horseplay

  • horse around or about
  • horse sense
  • horseman
  • horseplay
  • horticulture
  • hose
  • hosiery

Synonyms of 'horseplay'

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