Sekirov Dictionary

roughhouse

/ˈɹʌf.haʊs/

verb 4
adjective 1
noun 1
forms 5

verb4

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 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.

adjective1

•
Of behavior, rowdy, boisterous, or fighting.
- The film presents Gia as a roughhouse girl plopped down in the world of instant fame, sex, money, and drugs. — 2009

noun1

Rowdy behavior.

forms

roughhoused · roughhousing · roughhouses · more roughhouse · most roughhouse

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