Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Rowdy, uproarious behavior or play.
  • intransitive verb To engage in rowdy, uproarious behavior or play.
  • intransitive verb To handle or treat roughly, usually in fun.

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  • noun rowdy behaviour
  • verb To behave rowdily
  • verb To treat roughly

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb engage in rough or disorderly play

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Examples

  • They see it every day on the playground::: The girls are kind, considerate and thoughtful while the boys are engaging in roughhouse and intentionally hurting each other.

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  • They see it every day on the playground::: The girls are kind, considerate and thoughtful while the boys are engaging in roughhouse and intentionally hurting each other.

    Your Right Hand Thief

  • They see it every day on the playground::: The girls are kind, considerate and thoughtful while the boys are engaging in roughhouse and intentionally hurting each other.

    Saturday morning rant (story v language)

  • They see it every day on the playground::: The girls are kind, considerate and thoughtful while the boys are engaging in roughhouse and intentionally hurting each other.

    Saturday morning rant (story v language)

  • They see it every day on the playground::: The girls are kind, considerate and thoughtful while the boys are engaging in roughhouse and intentionally hurting each other.

    Your Right Hand Thief

  • They see it every day on the playground::: The girls are kind, considerate and thoughtful while the boys are engaging in roughhouse and intentionally hurting each other.

    Letter Two

  • I address the boys, tell them to NOT engage their sisters in roughhouse play.

    This Lesbian Nonsense....

  • Farina regularly employed "roughhouse" driving tactics that would not be tolerated today, and was without doubt one of the hardest men ever to front an F1 starter.

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  • If the kick was a trademark of the pragmatic Andrew, the hanging elbow was a signature of the little Davies, born to survive in the roughhouse.

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  • Chile itself is not immune to regional roughhouse tactics.

    Now Free Chile

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