horsing
- present participle of horse.
Example Sentences
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In between spurts of dancing and horsing around, the girls hustled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2023
"I was always in trouble for horsing around . . . acting came second nature to me."
From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2022
“This group was loosely spread and very socially active with lots of splashing and horsing around,” the center reported.
From Seattle Times ● May 31, 2022
Think of Eddie Van Halen and Chet Atkins horsing around on the fretboard, or Young Thug rapping in helium hi-def, or Janet Jackson punctuating an immaculate melody with laughter.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 20, 2022
The boys had caught their breaths, and they were talking softly, not joking for a change, not horsing around, just talking quietly about the lights and what lay before them.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
