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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HORSEPLAY, n. Rough, rugged play.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: rowdy or boisterous play

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1589 rough or boisterous play

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. boisterous play.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Horseplay Horse"play`, n. Rude, boisterous play. Too much given to horseplay in his raillery. --Dryden.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Horseplay is rough play in which people push and hit each other, or behave in a silly way. (OLD-FASHIONED)

Moby Thesaurus

badness, banter, buffoonery, clownishness, discourtesy, disorder, disorderliness, disorderly conduct, disruption, disruptiveness, foolery, fooling, frowned-upon behavior, harlequinade, hooliganism, impropriety, misbehavior, misconduct, misdemeanor, misdoing, monkeyshines, naughtiness, nonsanctioned behavior, roughhouse, rowdiness, rowdyism, ruffianism, shenanigans, tomfoolery, vandalism, venial sin, vice, wrongdoing





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