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单词 horsing around
释义

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
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

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  • 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 2

verb

present participle of horse around
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
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