Wordplay is not horseplay.
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Horseplay
Synonyms for "horseplay" (52 found)
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Closest matches (11)
Strong matches (15)
Related words (26)
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3 entriesRelated terms
3 entriescapable of
1 entriesderived from
2 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
6 entriesTranslations
19 translations across 9 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- груба шега noun (rough or rowdy play)
- лудория noun (rough or rowdy play)
Czech
2 entries- dovádění noun (rough or rowdy play)
- vylomeniny noun (rough or rowdy play)
Finnish
1 entries- hevosenleikki noun (rough or rowdy play)
French
2 entries- chahut noun (rough or rowdy play)
- chahuter verb (to engage in horseplay)
German
3 entries- Herumgealber noun (rough or rowdy play)
- Unfug noun (rough or rowdy play)
- raufen verb (to engage in horseplay)
Irish
1 entries- pleidhcíocht noun (rough or rowdy play)
Polish
3 entries- harce noun (rough or rowdy play)
- swawola noun (rough or rowdy play)
- harcować verb (to engage in horseplay)
Spanish
3 entries- camorra noun (rough or rowdy play)
- pelea noun (rough or rowdy play)
- pelear verb (to engage in horseplay)
Yoruba
2 entries- erépá noun (rough or rowdy play)
- ṣerépá verb (to engage in horseplay)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
After a little horseplay and floating around, April said "Look over there, it's our skinny dipper." […]
Source: wiktionary
Near-synonym: play fight
Source: wiktionary
[S]he arose at seven o'clock and spent the first hour preparing pancakes while Al and Albert horseplayed.
Source: wiktionary
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