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ROUGHHOUSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does roughhouse mean?
• ROUGHHOUSE (verb)
The verb ROUGHHOUSE has 1 sense:
1. engage in rough or disorderly play
Familiarity information: ROUGHHOUSE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they roughhouse
... he / she / it roughhouses

Past simple: roughhoused

Past participle: roughhoused

-ing form: roughhousing





Past simple: roughhoused


Past participle: roughhoused


-ing form: roughhousing


Sense 1
Meaning:
Engage in rough or disorderly play
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "roughhouse" is one way to...):
play (be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
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