horse around

verb

horsed around; horsing around; horses around

Synonyms of horse around next

intransitive verb

: to engage in horseplay

horse around together, joking and laughing and pushing each other—

D. K. Shipler

also : fool around sense 1

Examples of horse around in a Sentence

the boys were horsing around on the boat when one of them fell overboard

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In the video, Payne is shown horsing around with a large outdoor crowd and his bandmates, encouraging the fans to quiet their screaming and then raise the volume all the way back up. —

Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2025 The unidentified pre-teen was horsing around and throwing snowballs in Connecticut’s capital city with an 11-year-old friend, local ABC affiliate WTNH reported. —

Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 23 Jan. 2025 Among racing’s many problems is that there are no dedicated air shipping companies that make moving horses around the country easy. —

John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 2024 Video went viral just days before the beginning of the 2024 Paris Olympics, where Dujardin was seen repeatedly whipping a horse around its legs. —

Scott Thompson, Fox News, 5 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for horse around