Meaning

1 senses
  1. (idiomatic)To engage in horseplay.

    Can we quit horsing around and get some work done?

    Stop horsing around with the controls, before you break something.

    indulge in horseplay

Examples

10 sentences
  1. Do you see many people riding horses around here?

  2. It's very unlikely that you'll ever see a horse around here.

  3. Cautiously they guided their horses on around the hill, keeping close together now.

  4. I was just horsing around.

  5. Stop horsing around.

Forms

horses around, horsing around, horsed around, horsed around
Base formhorse around · to horse around
3rd person singularhorses around
Present participlehorsing around
Past simplehorsed around
Past participlehorsed around

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhorse around
he, she, ithorses around

Past simpleLesson

all personshorsed around

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave horsed around
he, she, ithas horsed around

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill horse around

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

9 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedhorseplay

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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