Meaning

1 senses

  1. To engage in horseplay.

    Near-synonym: play fight

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Examples

2 sentences

  1. Wordplay is not horseplay.

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  2. "How did you split your lip?" "My brother and I were horseplaying, and he ended up kicking me in the mouth."

    ru«Как ты разбил губу?» – «Мы с братом активно играли, и он случайно ударил меня по зубам». — Ooneykcall

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Translations

4 languages
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By meaning 1
to engage in horseplay:

Origin

A compound of horse + play, possibly from observation of boisterous horses playing, or fro

A compound of horse + play, possibly from observation of boisterous horses playing, or from its attributive sense "strong, big or coarse".

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Forms

horseplays, horseplaying, horseplayed, horseplayed
Base formhorseplay · to horseplay
3rd person singularhorseplays
Present participlehorseplaying
Past simplehorseplayed
Past participlehorseplayed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhorseplay
he, she, ithorseplays

Past simpleLesson

all personshorseplayed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave horseplayed
he, she, ithas horseplayed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill horseplay

Synonyms

3 synonyms
horse aroundroughhouseplay fight

Word family

2 related words
Relatedhorseplayerponyplay

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
horsebackhorseflyhorsemanhorsepowerhorseradishhorseshoe
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