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(Entry 1 of 2)
wildly playful or mischievous behavior
- their parents simply wouldn't tolerate any roughhouse in the living room
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- boisterousness,
- rambunctiousness,
- rowdiness,
- rowdyism,
- rumbustiousness
- [chiefly British]
roughhouse
verbSynonyms & Antonyms of roughhouse (Entry 2 of 2)
1
as in wrestle
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2
as in joyride, skylark
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“Roughhouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roughhouse. Accessed 6 Aug. 2021.
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The first known use of roughhouse was in 1882
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