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roughhouse

verb

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌf.haʊs/ / /ˈɹʌf.haʊz/

adj

Etymology: From rough + house.

  1. 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.

  1. Rowdy behavior.

verb

Etymology: From rough + house.

  1. To behave rowdily or violently.

    Out in the street, some delinquents were roughhousing, until the police drove by.

  2. To behave rowdily or violently.

    Out in the street, some delinquents were roughhousing, until the police drove by.

  3. To treat (someone or something) roughly or violently.

    Out in the street, some delinquents were roughhousing a victim, until the police drove by.