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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of roughhouse.

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Examples

  • We held frequent "roughhouses" there, the younger of us ... to the annoyance of Speedwell.

    Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative Harry Kemp 1921

  • This is where his jokes come from when he roughhouses with you.

    Why Men Marry Bitches Sherry Argov 2006

  • We held frequent “roughhouses” there, the younger of us ... to the annoyance of Speedwell.

    Tramping on Life Kemp, Harry, 1883-1960 1922

  • On the floor by a fireplace, Michael tickles and roughhouses with the boy.

    Personal Weblog of Joe Clark, Toronto 2009

  • Kings of the Hill, 2003), and a group of teenagers roughhouses against the windswept backdrop of Prat settlement, playing a game that reenacts the forced evacuation of illegal Jewish settlements by the Israeli military (

    artforum.com 2009

  • Kings of the Hill, 2003), and a group of teenagers roughhouses against the windswept backdrop of Prat settlement, playing a game that reenacts the forced evacuation of illegal Jewish settlements by the Israeli military (

    artforum.com 2009

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