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HORSIN\' AROUND

English translation: goofing around, playing around, monkeying around

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English term or phrase:HORSIN\\\' AROUND
Selected answer:goofing around, playing around, monkeying around
Entered by: S.J

23:23 Sep 9, 2017
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
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English term or phrase: HORSIN\' AROUND
HORSIN' AROUND

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S.J
Canada
Local time: 10:07
goofing around, playing around, monkeying around
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Darius Saczuk
United States
Local time: 10:07
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3 +8goofing around, playing around, monkeying around
Darius Saczuk
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +8
horsin\' around
goofing around, playing around, monkeying around


Explanation:
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Darius Saczuk
United States
Local time: 10:07
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 124
Grading comment
Thanks for your efforts

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tina Vonhof (X)
5 mins
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agree  Lydia Molea
5 hrs
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agree  Jack Doughty
7 hrs
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agree  Arabic & More
7 hrs
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agree  Marie Scarano
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agree  Edith Kelly
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agree  Thayenga: :)
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agree  acetran
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Definition of horse around
intransitive verb
: to engage in horseplay
horse around together, joking and laughing and pushing each other — D. K. Shipler
; also : fool around 1
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/horse around

horse around
infml
— phrasal verb with horse verb
​
to behave in a silly and noisy way:
This fellow at work keeps horsing around.
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/horse-...

horse around in American
US , Slang
1.
to engage in horseplay
2.
to spend time in pointless or trifling activity
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/hors...

horse-around
Verb
(idiomatic) To play or fiddle; to clown; to do nothing of importance or consequence.
Can we quit horsing around and get some work done?
Stop horsing around with the controls, before you break something.
http://www.yourdictionary.com/horse-around

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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Lydia Molea
4 hrs
agree  Björn Vrooman: Considering the asker's other questions, this may be a BoJack Horseman reference: http://bojackhorseman.wikia.com/wiki/Horsin'_Around But in the absence of even the tiniest bit of context, there's no way to be sure.
1 day 17 hrs
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