horseplay

Example Sentences

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Cartoonish horseplay would have gotten a hardier laugh.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2025

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

In his stage directions, Beckett spent 195 words choreographing some horseplay involving hats.

From New York Times • Nov. 14, 2023

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

He found the natural noise and fuss and horseplay of undergraduates horrifying, after his dream.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck