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- Dictionaryhorseplay/ˈhɔːspleɪ/
noun
- 1. rough, boisterous play: "this ridiculous horseplay has gone far enough"
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HORSEPLAY definition: 1. rough, noisy behaviour, especially when people push each other as a joke 2. rough, noisy…. Learn more.
The meaning of HORSEPLAY is rough or boisterous play. How to use horseplay in a sentence.
Horseplay is play that is physically rough or rowdy, such as kids wrestling around on the ground or splashing around and climbing on each other in a pool. Horseplay usually involves kids, and the word is usually used by adults telling them to knock it off because someone could get hurt or something could get broken.
HORSEPLAY meaning: 1. rough, noisy behaviour, especially when people push each other as a joke 2. rough, noisy…. Learn more.
horseplay. noun rough-and-tumble, clowning, romping, fooling around, skylarking (informal), high jinks, pranks, buffoonery, roughhousing (slang) childish splashing and horseplay. Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002.
Horseplay is rough play in which people push and hit each other, or behave in a silly way.
Horseplay is a rough, rowdy kind of fun. If you and your friends are jokingly pushing each other into a swimming pool, it's horseplay.