as in to fool around
to engage in attention-getting playful or boisterous behavior
the boys were horsing around on the boat when one of them fell overboard
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Recent Examples of horse around
Melissa Joan Hart on nearly being fired from Sabrina over Maxim photo shoot: 'Worst day of my life'
Other photos on Hart’s profile show her family horsing around in the Truckee River, swimming in the lake, and relaxing on the beach.
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Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 4 July 2024
Grandmaster Han An, 59; his wife, Hong, 55; sons Simon and Christian, 20 and 18, and 22-year-old daughter Hannah at first thought the sounds emanating from the Cricket Wireless store next door were just employees horsing around.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 20 June 2024
Younger users lapped up its fun-house features and spent hours on it horsing around.
—Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2024
In the background, her housemates horse around, pretending to have a threesome—the kind of outrageous hookup their producers had hoped for all along.
—Emily Nussbaum, The New Yorker, 15 June 2024
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Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 4 July 2024
Grandmaster Han An, 59; his wife, Hong, 55; sons Simon and Christian, 20 and 18, and 22-year-old daughter Hannah at first thought the sounds emanating from the Cricket Wireless store next door were just employees horsing around.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 20 June 2024
Younger users lapped up its fun-house features and spent hours on it horsing around.
—Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2024
In the background, her housemates horse around, pretending to have a threesome—the kind of outrageous hookup their producers had hoped for all along.
—Emily Nussbaum, The New Yorker, 15 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for horse around
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While the siblings have the habit of getting into troubles and to only use their creative skills to fool around, Michael sees in them a real talent.Maelle Beauget-Uhl, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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Players were in a dorm room fooling around with a gun.Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2024
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Gomez, 32, announced their engagement that same day with an Instagram post that showed off her new diamond ring.Rachel DeSantis, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
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The good-natured banter showed off a lighter side of Calipari, who in recent years has come under scrutiny for underachieving, especially in the NCAA tournament.Tim Casey, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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Her legs were cut up by students at North Texas’ Health Science Center, an investigation revealed, and the ashes of her other remains were delivered to the Callas County medical examiner, NBC discovered.Sean Neumann, People.com, 19 Dec. 2024
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Thirty-three years since its founder began cutting up fabrics in a pokey South London flat, the house of McQueen’s headquarters now inhabit a six-story, 30,000-square-foot building in London’s Clerkenwell.Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2024
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At a group dinner, Benji begins acting up and acting out, eventually storming away — only to be heard playing the piano in the next room, and beautifully.Jenelle Riley, Variety, 20 Dec. 2024
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Exactly zero of the acts up for Best Rock Performance, Best Rock Song, or Best Rock Album are first-time nominees.Justin Curto, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
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But historically Black colleges and universities have reason to revel, as some have seen record increases.Ira Porter, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Nov. 2024
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Long after the stadium had cleared out, her fans could still be heard reveling outside on the concourse.Zack Pierce, The Athletic, 9 Aug. 2024
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