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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

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

Type of: do by, handle, play, treat

Encyclopedia: Roughhouse

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