单词 | roughhouse |
释义 | roughhousen.adj. colloquial (originally U.S.). A. n. An uproar, a disturbance, a fight; boisterous behaviour, fighting. Also in weakened sense: friendly horseplay. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > lack of peacefulness > [noun] > a disturbance caused by dissension tirpeilc1330 to-doc1330 affraya1393 frayc1420 tuilyiea1500 fraction1502 broil1525 ruffle1534 hurly-burly1548 embroilment1609 roil1690 fracas1727 row1746 the devil among the tailors1756 noration1773 splorea1791 kick-upa1793 rumption1802 ruction1809 squall1813 tulyie-mulyie1827 shindy1829 shine1832 donnybrook1852 shiveau1862 roughhouse1882 ruckus1885 shemozzle1885 turn-up1891 rookus1892 funk1900 incident1913 potin1922 shivoo1924 furore1946 shindig1961 1882 G. Stables Cruise of Snowbird xxi. 278 It's in a b'ar's hole you are, and presently the b'ar will be coming home, and then there'll..be five minutes of a rough house down there, I can tell ye. 1895 Harper's Mag. Mar. 540/2 They might be goin' to hev considerable rough house—a fuss, I mean, sir. 1900 Dial. Notes 2 55 Rough-house,..Rough play. 1919 ‘Etienne’ Strange Tales from Fleet 136 A sing-song followed by a ‘rough house’, in which a certain amount of furniture was broken. 1941 Penguin New Writing 2 87 Someone being funny and turnin' off your juice and you keep striking..and wondering why the hell it doesn't strike and flash,..and then seeing the rest laughing and having a rough house for a while. 1973 ‘B. Graeme’ Two & Two make Five xiii. 123 He's smaller and lighter than me; not nearly so useful in a rough house. 2008 C. Dunn Black Ship 291 ‘We had a bit of a roughhouse. He got in a lick or two.’ He touched his cheekbone and winced. B. adj. (attributive). That is or resembles a roughhouse; boisterous, violent. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [adjective] outragea1325 violentc1384 boistousa1387 outrageousc1390 outraiousc1390 harageous?a1400 hetera1400 methelessc1400 ruffian1528 termagant1546 sore1565 ruffianly1570 boisterous1581 violousa1626 tory-rory1678 plug-ugly1857 radge1857 amok1868 tough1884 roughhouse1896 butch1939 shit-kicking1953 hard-ass1967 tasty1974 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [adjective] > rough > rough or boisterous robustious1548 boisterous1568 rory-tory1683 randy1723 rumgumptious1781 lungeous1787 rowdy dowdy1816 roaritorious1821 riproarious1830 rough and tumble1831 rowdy1832 rowdy-dow1832 tear-brass1880 knockabout1885 rory-cum-tory1893 roughhouse1896 1896 Logansport (Indiana) Jrnl. 5 Feb. 5/2 (heading) A 'rough house' melee in a Third Street saloon. 1906 N.Y. Globe 22 Aug. 6 On that rough-house occasion more force than was necessary was used to eject the Bryanite faction. 1919 H. L. Wilson Ma Pettengill ii. 74 Two or three other directors..had put him into rough-house funny plays where he got thrown downstairs or had bricks fall on him. 1938 E. Bowen Death of Heart ii. iv. 240 Mr. Bursely was shoved against the bookcase by Wallace Parker shoving... I didn't like him to see us so rough house._ 1973 Times 27 Jan. 7/3 Chelsea can regain some goodwill by attempting to outplay West Ham..without resort to roughhouse rudeness. 2002 R. Cohen By Sword v. xvi. 367 The Frenchman was short and awkward, and his unclassical style so upset Greco that he twice protested to the jury about his opponent's roughhouse tactics. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). roughhousev. slang (originally U.S.). 1. transitive. To handle roughly or violently; to mistreat in a rough manner. Also in weakened sense: to engage (a person) in friendly horseplay. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > treat violently [verb (transitive)] > treat violently or roughly to lay hands (or hand) on or upon (also in, to)OE ransacka1400 attamec1430 ruffle1489 tug1493 to shear against the wool1546 rumble1570 finger1572 to pull about1679 misguggle1814 rowdy1825 to jerk around1833 scrag1835 rough1845 hooligan1898 roughhouse1898 savage1899 to rough up1915 to treat 'em rough1918 1898 N.Y. Times 20 Aug. 3/4 Private James Tinan..in company with some companions yesterday 'roughhoused' a peddler and distributed his wares among the crowd. 1903 N.Y. Times 6 Oct. 1 After the rush the classes adjourned to Massachusetts Avenue and began to ‘rough house’ the passing street cars. 1928 Daily Express 4 Sept. 9/5 Harvey as a boxer of exceptional skill should not have allowed West to rush into close quarters and ‘rough-house’ him. 1943 Billboard 10 Apr. 15/3 Ross Wyse Jr. transplanted his vaudeville act..and rough-housed his partner for the usual results. 1994 H. Murkoff et al. Toddler Years (1996) ix. 223/2 Girls are cuddled and cooed to, while boys are roughhoused. 2004 C. Roy Raging Grannies iv. 123 They [sc. the police] grabbed..a young woman and they were roughhousing her off to the side. 2. intransitive. To create an uproar or disturbance; to behave in a boisterous or violent manner; to fight. Also in weakened sense: to engage in friendly horseplay (with someone). Also transitive with it. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > behave violently or use force [verb (intransitive)] > act roughly or boisterously rounce?a1500 rantipole1650 rowdy1823 roughhouse1900 rowdy-dow1966 1900 Dial. Notes 2 55 Rough-house, to put a room in disorder. 1904 R. L. McCardell Show Girl & Friends 107 They teased him about having to keep him out..if he did not stop rough-housing it. 1920 ‘Sapper’ Bull-dog Drummond ix. 239 Somebody has been rough-housing by the look of things. 1929 E. L. Rice Street Scene ii. 167 Rough-housing with your kid brother. 1971 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 5 May 43/2 Police spokesmen said the boys were ‘rough-housing’ on the grass. 1995 D. West Wedding (1996) vii. 59 The puppy, taking her laughter as a signal to play, romped all over her, and for a while they roughhoused together. 2002 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 3 Nov. ix. 2/1 Young men hired to entertain and roughhouse with the boys..between the end of school and bedtime. Derivatives ˈroughhouser n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [noun] > rough or boisterous > person barratorc1440 brawlc1440 outcrier1535 tear-rogue1685 breacher1697 rowdy1814 roughiea1819 roughneck1834 rough1837 soap-lock1840 roughhouser1901 gurrier1936 1901 N.Y. World 31 Jan. 6/4 Cannon..is a hot-blooded Southerner..and as a verbal ‘rough-houser’ has no superiors and few equals in the House. 1951 Sun (Baltimore) 2 Mar. 19/2 Wrestling is outdrawing boxing... Lord Carlton, who poses as a titled Englishman; the Golden Terror, a roughhouser type..have contributed to the success. 2004 T. Downey Last Men Out iii. 84 At the firehouse..he was an officers worst nightmare, a nonstop joker and roughhouser. ˈroughhousing n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [noun] > rough or boisterous boisterousness1589 rough and tumble1810 rowdyism1838 vandemonianism1863 bear play1867 robustiousness1894 push and shove1895 roughhousing1902 1902 Chicago Tribune 18 Jan. 12/6 Ald. Muligitawney an' ladies will lead de grand march at 1 a. m. prompt. No rough housing goes. 1949 A. Koestler Promise & Fulfilm. i. xii. 131 Apart from some rough-housing..the troops found no occasion for any martial activity. 2000 P. Fleiss Sweet Dreams v. 88 Roughhousing and friendly wrestling are a terrific way for both parent and child to get some exercise in the house. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.adj.1882v.1898 |
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