- horse around
- informal
they knew better than to horse around when their father came home
Syn:fool around, play, have fun, clown around, monkey around
Thesaurus of popular words. 2014.
they knew better than to horse around when their father came home
Thesaurus of popular words. 2014.
horse around — [v] fool around carry on, cavort, cut up, lark, monkey around*, play around; concepts 114,384 … New thesaurus
horse around — verb indulge in horseplay Enough horsing around let s get back to work! The bored children were fooling about • Syn: ↑arse around, ↑fool around, ↑fool • Derivationally related forms: ↑fool ( … Useful english dictionary
horse around — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms horse around : present tense I/you/we/they horse around he/she/it horses around present participle horsing around past tense horsed around past participle horsed around to play in a very lively or rough way … English dictionary
horse around — v. (slang) (AE) (D; intr.) to horse around with * * * [ hɔːsə raʊnd] (slang) (AE) (D; intr.) to horse around with … Combinatory dictionary
horse around — intransitive verb Date: 1919 to engage in horseplay < horse around together, joking and laughing and pushing each other D. K. Shipler >; also fool around 1 … New Collegiate Dictionary
horse around — PHRASAL VERB If you horse around, you play roughly and rather carelessly, so that you could hurt someone or damage something. [INFORMAL] [V P] Later that day I was horsing around with Katie when she accidentally stuck her finger in my eye … English dictionary
horse around — play, joke, fool around, goof off Don t horse around in the lab. You could spill some acid … English idioms
horse around — Synonyms and related words: act up, antic, be foolish, be stupid, behave ill, caper, caracole, carry on, cavort, clown, clown around, coquet, curvet, cut a dido, cut capers, cut up, cut up rough, dabble, dally, dance, disport, fiddle, fiddle with … Moby Thesaurus
horse around — {v.}, {slang} To join in rough teasing; play around. * /They were a hunch of sailors on shore leave, horsing around where there were girls and drinks./ * /John horsed around with the dog for a while when he came in from school./ … Dictionary of American idioms
horse around — {v.}, {slang} To join in rough teasing; play around. * /They were a hunch of sailors on shore leave, horsing around where there were girls and drinks./ * /John horsed around with the dog for a while when he came in from school./ … Dictionary of American idioms