A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
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A group of older kids were horsing around and shoving each other into the pool.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 27, 2023
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
The Ontario women are horsing around — bumping hips, bopping up and down on the ice, celebrating raucously when they score.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 21, 2022
I think he knew we were horsing around, because old Phoebe always starts giggling.
From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger
