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

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

They are never to be left unattended or used for "horseplay."

From Fox News • Nov. 3, 2021

Yet once there was work to do, the horseplay stopped.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik