How to pronounce horseplay
American English pronunciation
HORS-play
- IPA
- /ˈhɔɹsˌpleɪ/
- Syllables
- HORS · play (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What horseplay means
Rough, noisy fooling around, like pushing and wrestling
In a sentence: The lifeguard told the boys to stop their horseplay near the pool.
Where it comes from: It joins horse and play, possibly from watching horses play roughly. Horse was also once used to mean big and rough.
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