horse around
verb
horsed around; horsing around; horses around
intransitive verb
: 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
- act up
- clown (around)
- cut up
- fool around
- hotdog
- monkey (around)
- show off
- showboat
- skylark
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Example Sentences
the boys were horsing around on the boat when one of them fell overboard
Word History
First Known Use
1919, in the meaning defined above
horsing around 1 of 2
noun
as in monkeyshine(s)
wildly playful or mischievous behavior at the beach there was a lot more horsing around on the sand than actual swimming in the water Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- monkeyshine(s)
- high jinks
- joking
- monkey business
- funning
- shenanigan(s)
- clowning
- monkeying
- horseplay
- buffoonery
- skylarking
- playfulness
- roughhousing
- clownery
- roughhouse
- tomfoolery
- slapstick
- hijinks
- foolery
- prankishness
- sporting
- silliness
- rumbustiousness
- nonsense
- jesting
- rowdyism
- rowdiness
- mischief
- boisterousness
- childishness
- rascality
- trickery
- roguishness
- clownishness
- foolishness
- rambunctiousness
- frolicking
- sportiveness
- cavorting
- gamboling
- frivolity
- romping
- roguery
- merrymaking
- revelry
- deviltry
- gambolling
- roistering
- knavery
- waggery
- devilry
- mischievousness
- impishness
horsing around
2 of 2verb
as in cutting up
to engage in attention-getting playful or boisterous behavior the boys were horsing around on the boat when one of them fell overboard Synonyms & Similar Words
- cutting up
- fooling around
- showing off
- acting up
- clowning (around)
- monkeying (around)
- carrying on
- showboating
- reveling
- hotdogging
- roaring
- skylarking
- revelling
- misbehaving
- cavorting
- romping
- capering
- gamboling
- frisking
- larking
- mafficking
- roughhousing
- rollicking
- carousing
- frolicking
- gambolling
- wassailing
- disporting