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ROUGHHOUSE

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

 Dictionary entry overview: What does roughhouse mean? 

ROUGHHOUSE (verb)
  The verb ROUGHHOUSE has 1 sense:

1. engage in rough or disorderly playplay

  Familiarity information: ROUGHHOUSE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ROUGHHOUSE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they roughhouse  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it roughhouses  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: roughhoused  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: roughhoused  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: roughhousing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


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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