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roughhouse

play
noun rough·house \ˈrəf-ˌhau̇s\

Definition of roughhouse

  1. :  violence or rough boisterous play

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Examples of roughhouse in a Sentence

  1. their parents simply wouldn't tolerate any roughhouse in the living room

First Known Use of roughhouse

1882

roughhouse Synonyms

Synonyms
buffoonery, clownery, clowning, foolery, high jinks (also hijinks), horsing around, monkey business, monkeying, monkeyshine (s), horseplay, roughhousing, shenanigan (s), skylarking, slapstick, tomfoolery
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childishness, clownishness, foolishness, funning, jesting, joking, nonsense, silliness, waggery; boisterousness, rambunctiousness, rowdiness, rowdyism, rumbustiousness [chiefly British]; devilry (or deviltry), impishness, knavery, mischief, mischievousness, prankishness, rascality, roguery, roguishness, trickery; cavorting, frivolity, frolicking, gamboling (or gambolling), merrymaking, playfulness, revelry, roistering, romping, sporting, sportiveness
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roughhouse

play
verb rough·house \-ˌhau̇s, -ˌhau̇z\

Definition of roughhouse

roughhoused

;

roughhousing
  1. transitive verb

  2. :  to treat in a boisterously rough manner

  3. intransitive verb

  4. :  to engage in roughhouse

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Examples of roughhouse in a Sentence

  1. The kids were roughhousing in the living room.

First Known Use of roughhouse

1898

ROUGHHOUSE Defined for English Language Learners

roughhouse

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Definition of roughhouse for English Language Learners

  • : to play in a rough and noisy way

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