Definition of Rough-house

1. Verb. Treat in a rough or boisterous manner.

Generic synonyms: Do By, Handle, Treat

Definition of Rough-house

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of roughhouse) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rough-house

rougeberry
rouged
rouges
rough
rough-and-ready
rough-and-tumble
rough-and-tumbled
rough-and-tumbles
rough-and-tumbling
rough-cut
rough-dry
rough-footed
rough-grained
rough-hew
rough-hewn
rough-house (current term)
rough-leaved
rough-leaved aster
rough-legged
rough-legged buzzard
rough-legged buzzards
rough-legged hawk
rough-sand
rough-skinned newt
rough-spoken
rough-stemmed goldenrod
rough-surfaced endoplasmic reticulum
rough-textured
rough and ready
rough and tumble

Literary usage of Rough-house

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of Education by Henry Barnard (1857)
"Founder of the Rough House, or Institution of Rescue at Horn, near Hamburg. ... The Rough House, (Rauhe ..."

2. American Journal of Education (1857)
"Founder of the Rough House, or Institution of Rescue at Horn, near Hamburg. JOHN HENRY WICHERN, whose name will ever be associated with one of the most ..."

3. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1916)
"Sei Monthly 3:285-8 S '16 Rough house. Forum 55:454-6 Ap 'Iti Seniority in the nursery.-School and Soc 3:14-17 Mr 18 '16 ..."

4. Recollections of a Rebel Reefer by James Morris Morgan (1917)
"... Mr. Chapman, ordered to Europe — Visit the city of Cape Town — Skippers of burned ships not friendly and disposed to start a rough-house — HM troopship ..."

5. Dr. Barnardo: The Foster-father of "nobody's Children." A Record and an by John Herridge Batt (1904)
"... the Rauhes Haus " (Rough House). —IMMANUEL WICHERN, Hamburg. CHAPTER III. THE NEXT STEP, AND WHAT IT LED TO. r I ^HE next step in the formation of the ..."

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