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Definition of roughhouse verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

roughhouse

verb
 
/ˈrʌfhaʊz/
 
/ˈrʌfhaʊz/
[intransitive, transitive] (North American English, informal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they roughhouse
 
/ˈrʌfhaʊz/
 
/ˈrʌfhaʊz/
he / she / it roughhouses
 
/ˈrʌfhaʊzɪz/
 
/ˈrʌfhaʊzɪz/
past simple roughhoused
 
/ˈrʌfhaʊzd/
 
/ˈrʌfhaʊzd/
past participle roughhoused
 
/ˈrʌfhaʊzd/
 
/ˈrʌfhaʊzd/
-ing form roughhousing
 
/ˈrʌfhaʊzɪŋ/
 
/ˈrʌfhaʊzɪŋ/
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  1. roughhouse (somebody) to fight somebody or play with somebody roughly
    • Quit roughhousing, you two!
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