as in to fool around
to engage in attention-getting playful or boisterous behavior
the boys were horsing around on the boat when one of them fell overboard
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Recent Examples of horse around
Running or horsing around with sparklers can also cause injuries and burns when users trip and fall.
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Justin Laube, EverydayHealth.com, 2 July 2025
Heath Ryan, who represented Australia in dressage at the 2008 Olympics, can be seen in the video – which the rider said is about two years old – hitting a horse around 40 times.
—Matias Grez, CNN Money, 13 June 2025
Fayetteville Sad Palomino’s Will King releases a collection of home recordings
In between horsing around with his longtime band Sad Palomino, Will King has been recording and trying to decide the best way to share songs, mostly written during winters from 2020 to 2025.
—Monica Hooper, Arkansas Online, 25 May 2025
Umberto Rispoli squeezed between horses around the top of the stretch and then rode Journalism to a tremendous rally.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 24 May 2025
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Justin Laube, EverydayHealth.com, 2 July 2025
Heath Ryan, who represented Australia in dressage at the 2008 Olympics, can be seen in the video – which the rider said is about two years old – hitting a horse around 40 times.
—Matias Grez, CNN Money, 13 June 2025
Fayetteville Sad Palomino’s Will King releases a collection of home recordings
In between horsing around with his longtime band Sad Palomino, Will King has been recording and trying to decide the best way to share songs, mostly written during winters from 2020 to 2025.
—Monica Hooper, Arkansas Online, 25 May 2025
Umberto Rispoli squeezed between horses around the top of the stretch and then rode Journalism to a tremendous rally.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 24 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for horse around
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And this fool is taking it with the fools around him.—
KiMi Robinson,
USA Today,
30 Mar. 2026
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And there’s this: No fooling around in mid-June and having a life event get in the way of the March Madness get-together nine months later.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Mar. 2026
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The Lancers showed off outstanding pitching, starting with Gary Morse striking out 16 in their opener.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Mar. 2026
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UConn’s Chris Freeman showed off an NFL-caliber leg, kicking a 65-yard field goal.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
29 Mar. 2026
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Most Popular Notorious murderer Richard Crafts, who used a chain saw to cut up his wife’s body and a wood chipper to dispose of it, is out of prison and living in a halfway house, a state Department of Correction spokeswoman said Friday.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
27 Mar. 2026
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When the singing was done Ma Binney brought me back to her tent and cut up a tomato, put it between two slices of bread, and served it to me on a china plate taken from a wooden chest next to her bed-roll.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Mar. 2026
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The black flies are not the only troublesome creature acting up during the unseasonably warm weather.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Mar. 2026
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Intel’s representative explained that the Intel team has pushed this to extremes in testing—their vPro team even challenged each other, successfully, to try to access a troubled machine that was acting up on a flight, over airplane Wi-Fi!—
John Burek,
PC Magazine,
25 Mar. 2026
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Our friends converted their 400-person reception hall wedding into a spirited dance party at their home, with small groups of well-wishers, each small enough to fit into their bomb shelter, taking turns reveling.—
Michael M. Rosen,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Mar. 2026
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The team is set to revel at E11EVEN MIAMI nightclub later in the night.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
23 Feb. 2026
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