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Verb: roughhouse  'rúf,haws
Usage: N. Amer
  1. Engage in rough or disorderly play
    "You roughhouse with the dogs"
Verb: rough-house
  1. Treat in a rough or boisterous manner
    "The older siblings would often rough-house with their younger brother"

Derived forms: roughhouses, roughhousing, rough-housing, roughhoused, rough-houses, rough-housed

Type of: do by [Brit], handle, play, treat

Encyclopedia: Roughhouse