Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Rowdy, uproarious behavior or play.
- intransitive verb To engage in rowdy, uproarious behavior or play.
- intransitive verb To handle or treat roughly, usually in fun.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
rowdy behaviour - verb To behave
rowdily - verb To treat
roughly
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb engage in rough or disorderly play
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Examples
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They see it every day on the playground::: The girls are kind, considerate and thoughtful while the boys are engaging in roughhouse and intentionally hurting each other.
Only The English are British Newmania 2008
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They see it every day on the playground::: The girls are kind, considerate and thoughtful while the boys are engaging in roughhouse and intentionally hurting each other.
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They see it every day on the playground::: The girls are kind, considerate and thoughtful while the boys are engaging in roughhouse and intentionally hurting each other.
Saturday morning rant (story v language) lili 2008
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They see it every day on the playground::: The girls are kind, considerate and thoughtful while the boys are engaging in roughhouse and intentionally hurting each other.
Saturday morning rant (story v language) lili 2008
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They see it every day on the playground::: The girls are kind, considerate and thoughtful while the boys are engaging in roughhouse and intentionally hurting each other.
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They see it every day on the playground::: The girls are kind, considerate and thoughtful while the boys are engaging in roughhouse and intentionally hurting each other.
Letter Two Newmania 2008
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I address the boys, tell them to NOT engage their sisters in roughhouse play.
This Lesbian Nonsense.... Newmania 2007
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Farina regularly employed "roughhouse" driving tactics that would not be tolerated today, and was without doubt one of the hardest men ever to front an F1 starter.
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If the kick was a trademark of the pragmatic Andrew, the hanging elbow was a signature of the little Davies, born to survive in the roughhouse.
Rob Andrew: rugby's Teflon Don under siege | Observer profile 2011
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Chile itself is not immune to regional roughhouse tactics.
Now Free Chile Mary Anastasia O 2010
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