Meaning & use
horseplaying
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Engaging in rough, boisterous play or fooling around, often in a way that risks minor injury.
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The lifeguard blew her whistle at the boys horseplaying near the diving board.
Stop horseplaying in the aisles before you knock over a display.
A note on using this word
It is the present-participle form of the noun "horseplay," itself a compound suggesting the rowdy, unrestrained antics of young horses.
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