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Horseplay

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Rowdy or rough play.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Rough or rowdy play that can often result in unintentional physical harm.

v. To engage in horseplay.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. Rude, boisterous play.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. Coarse or rude play.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. rowdy or boisterous play

Word Usage

"While it's often used as a substitute for the term "horseplay", meaning rough-and-tumble behavior, it's also used as a euphemism for play with sexual connotations, due in part to the"

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

romp frolic play caper gambol

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

roughhousing roughhouse

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