horseplay

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Fortunately, Wilson and Mandvi are adept enough comics not to fall into that trap even as they avoid the equally damaging peril of too much audience-pandering horseplay.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2024

Video of the horseplay prompted a good deal of online hilarity, with even the transportation department getting into the snarky act.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 3, 2024

Sophie sometimes tags along with a group of British teenagers, eavesdropping on their naughty banter and observing their horseplay with an eagerness that might make a watchful parent anxious.

From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2022

But we’ll need a good start, So the star learns his part, Or this horseplay could get out of hand.

From Washington Post • Aug. 18, 2022

The competition could be lethal, yet there was a childlike exuberance to it all, lots of pranks and horseplay.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien