English Explanatory Dictionary

roughhouse

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of behavior, rowdy, boisterous, or fighting.
noun
  1. Rowdy behavior.
verb
  1. To behave rowdily or violently.
  2. To play roughly (with physical roughness).
  3. To commit physical assault.
  4. To treat (someone or something) roughly or violently.

Pronunciation

/ˈɹʌf.haʊs/ /ˈɹʌf.haʊz/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-roughhouse.wav

Word forms

roughhouse more roughhouse most roughhouse rough house rough-house roughhouses roughhousing roughhoused

Etymology

From rough + house.

Synonyms

horseplay rough up work over

Derived words

roughhouser
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