horseplay

[ hawrs-pley ]

/ ˈhɔrsˌpleɪ /

rough or boisterous play or pranks.

Origin of horseplay

First recorded in 1580–90; horse + play

horse·play·ful, adjective

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

Meet Mark Thompson, The Winner of Survivor: NYT |Nico Hines |May 16, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
But their usual escapades of horseplay are not to my taste—I prefer fighting to that.

The Admiral |Douglas Sladen
But all this horseplay was not to the higher taste of Cleopatra—with Cæsar, she would never have done it.

Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 |Elbert Hubbard
It was bludgeonly done, but only part of a game, a kind of horseplay at which most men of letters of the age were playing.

Letters on Literature |Andrew Lang

The miasma of depression seemed blown clean away by the horseplay of the elements.

Far to Seek |Maud Diver
At first Ben, who had taken but little interest in the horseplay just enacted, kept well to the front.

Dave Porter At Bear Camp |Edward Stratemeyer

horseplay

/ (ˈhɔːsˌpleɪ) /

rough, boisterous, or rowdy play