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Definition of Roughhouse
1. Verb. Engage in rough or disorderly play.
Definition of Roughhouse
1. Noun. rowdy behaviour ¹
2. Verb. To behave rowdily ¹
3. Verb. To treat roughly ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Roughhouse
1. [v -HOUSED, -HOUSING, -HOUSES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Roughhouse
Literary usage of Roughhouse
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Our Presidents and Their Office: Including Parallel Lives of the Presidents by William Estabrook Chancellor (1912)
"roughhouse POLITICS IN ILLINOIS.—The tone and trend of the politics of Illinois
had a certain boyish, roughhouse atmosphere, like that of most State ..."
2. From Dance Hall to White Slavery: The World's Greatest Tragedy by John Dillon, H. W. Lytle (1912)
"A "roughhouse" dance, while a thing to be deplored from a moral standpoint, ...
Wherefore, the ban on all "roughhouse." Into the social life of West ..."
3. The Journal of Educational Research by American Educational Research Association (1922)
"Every extreme has its day and after that comes the roughhouse of the initiation
ceremonies, when it is being shown its place before entering upon its long ..."
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