- horseplay horse·play n
- ['hɔːsˌpleɪ]
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English-Italian dictionary. 2013.
horseplay horse·play n
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horse|play — «HRS PLAY», noun. rough, boisterous fun: »The girls of our community, which was mainly agricultural, were accustomed to all kinds of horseplay and usually gave as good as they got (Atlantic) … Useful english dictionary
horse·play — /ˈhoɚsˌpleı/ noun [noncount] : rough or loud play : energetic and noisy playful activity The lamp got broken when the kids were engaging in a little horseplay … Useful english dictionary
Horseplay — Horse play , n. Rude, boisterous play. [1913 Webster] Too much given to horseplay in his raillery. Dryden. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
horseplay — horse|play [ˈho:spleı US ˈho:rs ] n [U] old fashioned rough noisy play in which people push or hit each other for fun … Dictionary of contemporary English
horseplay — horse|play [ hɔrs,pleı ] noun uncount the rough lively play of children … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
horseplay — horse•play [[t]ˈhɔrsˌpleɪ[/t]] n. rough or boisterous play • Etymology: 1580–90 … From formal English to slang
horseplay — horseplayful, adj. /hawrs play /, n. rough or boisterous play or pranks. [1580 90; HORSE + PLAY] * * * … Universalium
horseplay — (n.) rough, excessive play, 1580s, from HORSE (Cf. horse) (n.) with its associations of strong, coarse + PLAY (Cf. play) (n.) … Etymology dictionary
horse around — verb indulge in horseplay Enough horsing around let s get back to work! The bored children were fooling about • Syn: ↑arse around, ↑fool around, ↑fool • Derivationally related forms: ↑fool ( … Useful english dictionary
horse — {{11}}horse (n.) O.E. hors, from P.Gmc. *hursa (Cf. O.N. hross, O.Fris. hors, M.Du. ors, Du. ros, O.H.G. hros, Ger. Roß horse ), of unknown origin, connected by some with PIE root *kurs , source of L. currere to run (see CURRENT (Cf … Etymology dictionary
horse — horseless, adj. horselike, adj. /hawrs/, n., pl. horses, (esp. collectively) horse, v., horsed, horsing, adj. n. 1. a large, solid hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties … Universalium
