horseplay

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Rough or rowdy play that can often result in unintentional physical harm. uncountable
    — After a little horseplay and floating around, April said "Look over there, it's our skinny dipper." […]
动词 v.
  1. To engage in horseplay. intransitive
    — Near-synonym: play fight

词形变化

horse-play alternative horseplays present,singular,third-person horseplaying participle,present horseplayed participle,past horseplayed past horse-play alternative

词源

词源 1
A compound of horse + play, possibly from observation of boisterous horses playing, or from its attributive sense "strong, big or coarse".
词源 2
A compound of horse + play, possibly from observation of boisterous horses playing, or from its attributive sense "strong, big or coarse".
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