horseplay

• horse-play (rare)

A compound of horse +‎ play, possibly from observation of boisterous horses playing, or from its attributive sense "strong, big or coarse".

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horseplay (uncountable)

1. Rough or rowdy play that can often result in unintentional physical harm.

   Synonyms: horsing around, roughhousing

   • 2016 June, Roger Riffelmacher, Rogg's Bar And Grill, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, →OCLC, →ISBN:

     After a little horseplay and floating around, April said "Look over there, it's our skinny dipper." […]

horseplay (third-person singular simple present horseplays, present participle horseplaying, simple past and past participle horseplayed)

1. (intransitive) To engage in horseplay.

   Synonyms: horse around, roughhouse

   Hypernyms: fool around, mess around, fuck around (vulgar)

   Near-synonym: play fight

   • 2004, Kyle Longley, Senator Albert Gore, Sr.: Tennessee Maverick, page 136:

     [S]he arose at seven o'clock and spent the first hour preparing pancakes while Al and Albert horseplayed.

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