horseplay

🇺🇸 /ˈhɔːrspleɪ/ 🇬🇧 /ˈhɔːspleɪ/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags RARE
noun
R

playful roughhousing, often involving pushing, hitting, or wrestling

The teacher had to intervene when the children's horseplay in the schoolyard got too rowdy.

translation

n. playful roughhousing, often involving pushing, hitting, or wrestling

Word Forms

Plural horseplays