roughhouse
verb
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Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌf.haʊs/ / /ˈɹʌf.haʊz/
adj
Etymology: From rough + house.
- Of behavior, rowdy, boisterous, or fighting.
“The film presents Gia as a roughhouse girl plopped down in the world of instant fame, sex, money, and drugs.”
noun
Etymology: From rough + house.
- Rowdy behavior.
verb
Etymology: From rough + house.
- To behave rowdily or violently.
“Out in the street, some delinquents were roughhousing, until the police drove by.”
- To behave rowdily or violently.
“Out in the street, some delinquents were roughhousing, until the police drove by.”
- To treat (someone or something) roughly or violently.
“Out in the street, some delinquents were roughhousing a victim, until the police drove by.”