Synonyms of horsing around

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noun

as in joking

wildly playful or mischievous behavior

at the beach there was a lot more horsing around on the sand than actual swimming in the water

Synonyms & Similar Words

• joking
• monkeyshine(s)
• monkey business
• high jinks
• funning
• clowning
• monkeying
• shenanigan(s)
• hijinks
• horseplay
• buffoonery
• playfulness
• roughhousing
• tomfoolery
• roughhouse
• skylarking
• clownery
• slapstick
• foolery
• silliness
• nonsense
• prankishness
• sporting
• deviltry
• jesting
• rumbustiousness
• rowdyism
• mischief
• rowdiness
• gambolling
• boisterousness
• childishness
• trickery
• rascality
• roguishness
• foolishness
• clownishness
• rambunctiousness
• frivolity
• sportiveness
• revelry
• gamboling
• merrymaking
• frolicking
• roguery
• romping
• cavorting
• knavery
• roistering
• waggery
• devilry
• mischievousness
• impishness

horsing around

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verb

present participle of horse around

as in cutting up

to engage in attention-getting playful or boisterous behavior

the boys were horsing around on the boat when one of them fell overboard

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cutting up
• clowning (around)
• fooling around
• showing off
• acting up
• monkeying (around)
• revelling
• reveling
• showboating
• carrying on
• roaring
• skylarking
• hotdogging
• misbehaving
• gambolling
• cavorting
• romping
• capering
• gamboling
• frisking
• larking
• roughhousing
• rollicking
• frolicking
• carousing
• mafficking
• wassailing
• disporting