Horsing

noun, verb

noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The military punishment of placing somebody on the back of another person, or on a wooden horse, etc., to be flogged.

    "And though we cannot enumerate the “horsings,” and other little tender attentions that his juvenile indiscretions obtained him, we give him full credit for having received a modicum of castigation."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of horse form-of, gerund, participle, present

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dobbinequinegeldinghknightsawhorse

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"We've been horsing around too much; it's high time we got down to brass tacks."

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