roughhouse
informal, chiefly North American
verb /ˈrʌfhaʊs 
/ /ˈrʌfhaʊz / [no object]
/ /ˈrʌfhaʊz / [no object]1Act in a boisterous, violent manner: they roughhouse on street corners...
- Did you break this lamp rough-housing around the house?
- I was glad I had the car all to myself, glad I didn't have a worrying wife beside me or a couple kids rough-housing in the back seat.
- Every day we rough-house or play tag for a half hour, and on weekends we play for hours, walk around the mall or go to the park.
1.1 [with object] Handle (someone) roughly or violently: he had them roughhoused by his servants...
- Fathers step in to socialize their toddlers along gender lines at around 13 months, verbally rough-housing their sons and talking in more emotional terms with daughters.
- Would you rather me rough house you, or treat you like a queen?
- In that one Mitchell tried to rough house John.
noun /ˈrʌfhaʊs /
/A violent disturbance: individual policemen may strike out in some after-hours pub roughhouse...
- That latter demand turned the Security Council into a rough house that saw one country lean heavily on smaller and more vulnerable members.
- If it turned into a rough-house later someone tell me - I've still got the video.
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