roughhouse

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ˈrʌf.haʊs/ or /ˈrʌf.haʊz/

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Noun

Singular roughhouse

Plural none

1. Roughhouse is a rowdy behaviour.

Verb

Plain form roughhouse

Third-person singular roughhouses

Past tense roughhoused

Past participle roughhoused

Present participle roughhousing

1. If you roughhouse, you behave rowdily or violently.
2. If you roughhouse a person, you treat them roughly or violently.