Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Supply of horses, as for hunting or traveling.
  • noun Same as horse, 5 .

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  • verb Present participle of horse.

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Examples

  • The term "horsing around" is one with some pretty strong sexual connotations.

    Crooks and Liars karoli 2011

  • The grand jury testimony about the aftermath of McQueary's visit to the locker room that Friday night back in 2002 paints a disquieting picture of how an allegation of rape gradually came to be described as "horsing around."

    Breaking News: CBS News 2011

  • The grand jury testimony about the aftermath of McQueary's visit to the locker room that Friday night back in 2002 paints a disquieting picture of how an allegation of rape gradually came to be described as "horsing around."

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • The grand jury testimony about the aftermath of McQueary's visit to the locker room that Friday night back in 2002 paints a disquieting picture of how an allegation of rape gradually came to be described as "horsing around."

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • Interesting to read a passage from an old Hemingway piece the other day extolling the glory of "horsing" out fish, over fighting them.

    Bass Have Glass Jaws Tim Romano 2007

  • They're kind of horsing around, but they mention Brad Pitt, and then a woman comes along and was all "George Clooney was standing right here yesterday."

    Archive 2007-10-01 Ann Althouse 2007

  • And they're double counting bills and kind of horsing around.

    Coal to Cream: A Black Man's Journey Beyond Color to an Affirmation of Race 1999

  • If the diners examine the food too critically -- before even sampling it -- she will snap that she's had a busy day, and wasn't up to "horsing" with cooking.

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol X No 2 1983

  • 'Chepo is something we call some of our friends when horsing around.

    It was bound to happen someday; lost passport and FM3 2009

  • I cared more about my friends -- people who would turn out to be far from friends in the end -- and just horsing around, that I never pushed myself for what I really wanted.

    Archive 2009-10-01 2009

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