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HORSE AROUND

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

IPA (US): 

 Dictionary entry overview: What does horse around mean? 

HORSE AROUND (verb)
  The verb HORSE AROUND has 1 sense:

1. indulge in horseplayplay

  Familiarity information: HORSE AROUND used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HORSE AROUND (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Indulge in horseplay

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

arse around; fool; fool around; horse around

Context example:

The bored children were fooling about

Hypernyms (to "horse around" is one way to...):

jest; joke (tell a joke; speak humorously)

play (be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s


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