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Examples of roughhouse in a Sentence
their parents simply wouldn't tolerate any roughhouse in the living room
First Known Use of roughhouse
1882
verb
rough·house
\-ˌhau̇s, -ˌhau̇z\
Definition of roughhouse
roughhoused
;roughhousing
transitive verb
: to treat in a boisterously rough manner
intransitive verb
: to engage in roughhouse
Examples of roughhouse in a Sentence
The kids were roughhousing in the living room.
Recent Examples of roughhouse from the Web
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This was the place where my brother accidentally gave me a bloody nose roughhousing one day.
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Mr. Murphy loved roughhousing with his boxer, Harley, who died recently, and playing or dancing with the couple's 2-year-old son, Jamey Michael.
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Here are some simple strategies to keep the parenting playing field a bit more even: Don't be afraid to roughhouse.
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Scenes of Sarah and Jessie gently roughhousing capture the blissful mother-daughter bond with a poignant intensity, wrapping the viewer in the blanket of their intimacy.
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First Known Use of roughhouse
1898
ROUGHHOUSE Defined for English Language Learners
roughhouse
play
verb
Definition of roughhouse for English Language Learners
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: to play in a rough and noisy way
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