roughhouse.
Of behavior, rowdy, boisterous, or fighting.
Meaning & usage
Of behavior, rowdy, boisterous, or fighting.
Where this word comes from
From rough + house.
Rowdy behavior.
Where this word comes from
From rough + house.
To behave rowdily or violently. To play roughly (with physical roughness).
Out in the street, some delinquents were roughhousing, until the police drove by.
To behave rowdily or violently. To commit physical assault.
Out in the street, some delinquents were roughhousing, until the police drove by.
To treat (someone or something) roughly or violently.
Out in the street, some delinquents were roughhousing a victim, until the police drove by.
Where this word comes from
From rough + house.
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