different between horseplay vs skylarking

English

Etymology

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

Noun

horseplay (uncountable)

1. Rough or rowdy play that can often result in unintentional physical harm.

Synonyms

• roughhousing

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Verb

horseplay (third-person singular simple present horseplays, present participle horseplaying, simple past and past participle horseplayed)

1. To engage in horseplay.

Synonyms

• play fight
• roughhouse

Translations

English

Etymology

From skylark +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?sk??l??k??/

Verb

skylarking

1. present participle of skylark

Noun

skylarking (countable and uncountable, plural skylarkings)

1. (originally nautical) Playing around; frolicking; originally, running about the rigging of a vessel for fun; horseplay.
   • 1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or, The Ambiguities

     […] those gods and men whose titles to eminence are secure, seldom worry themselves about the seditious gossip of old apple-women, and the skylarkings of funny little boys in the street.

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