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HORSE AROUND
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Dictionary entry overview: What does horse around mean?
• HORSE AROUND (verb)
The verb HORSE AROUND has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: HORSE AROUND used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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