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roughhouse en · ADJ

From rough + house.

(idiomatic) 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, Jerry Roberts, Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors, page 107:

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rough-house		alternative	lexicographic

From rough + house.

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rough-house		alternative	lexicographic

From rough + house.

(intransitive) To behave rowdily or violently. ▸ To play roughly (with physical roughness).
- Out in the street, some delinquents were roughhousing, until the police drove by.
(intransitive) To behave rowdily or violently. ▸ To commit physical assault.
- Out in the street, some delinquents were roughhousing, until the police drove by.
(transitive) To treat (someone or something) roughly or violently.
- Out in the street, some delinquents were roughhousing a victim, until the police drove by.

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roughhoused	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
roughhoused	Tense=Past		lexicographic