Roughhouse
//ˈɹʌf.haʊs// noun, verb
noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 rowdy behaviour uncountable
Verb
- 1 To behave rowdily or violently.; To play roughly (with physical roughness). intransitive
"Out in the street, some delinquents were roughhousing, until the police drove by."
- 2 engage in rough or disorderly play wordnet
- 3 To behave rowdily or violently.; To commit physical assault. intransitive
"Out in the street, some delinquents were roughhousing, until the police drove by."
- 4 To treat (someone or something) roughly or violently. transitive
"Out in the street, some delinquents were roughhousing a victim, until the police drove by."
Example
More examples"The kids like to roughhouse with each other."
Etymology
From rough + house.
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