Definition of roughhouse
(Entry 1 of 2)
: violence or rough boisterous play
roughhouse
verbroughhoused; roughhousing
Definition of roughhouse (Entry 2 of 2)
: to treat in a boisterously rough manner
: to engage in roughhouse
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The first known use of roughhouse was in 1882
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