Definitions for horseplay

horseplay horse·play

Spelling: [hawrs-pley]
IPA: /ˈhɔrsˌpleɪ/

Horseplay is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 728 anagrams from letters in horseplay (aehloprsy).

Definitions for horseplay

noun

  1. rough or boisterous play or pranks.

Origin of horseplay

First recorded in 1580-90; horse + play

Examples for horseplay

David Griffith, let the child alone; he has not been used to your horseplay.'

There was a good deal of horseplay, and also something in the way of hazing.

But the steady concert of the snoring sleepers was unbroken by any horseplay.

Of course, there was some horseplay in which even Phil Franklin indulged.

The BBC confirmed that the bite had taken place but claimed it was merely “horseplay.”

There was to be no giggling, no whispering in corners, nor was there to be any horseplay.

But the spirit of the whole controversy is in fact a spirit of horseplay.

He was determined to break up the horseplay if it could possibly be accomplished.

The truth is that dressing up in drag and pretending to be gay have been part of posh male British horseplay for centuries.

But their usual escapades of horseplay are not to my taste—I prefer fighting to that.

Word Value for horseplay
Scrable

17

Words with friends

17

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