roughhousing

Variant of roughhouse

roughhouse definition

☆ rough·house (ruf′ho̵us′)

noun

rough, boisterous, or rowdy play, fighting, etc., esp. indoors

transitive verb roughhoused -·housed′, roughhousing -·hous′·ing

to treat (a person) roughly or boisterously, but usually in fun

intransitive verb

to take part in roughhouse

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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