roughhouse🔊adj/ˈɹʌf.haʊs/ · /ˈɹʌf.haʊz/Etymology From rough + house.1Idiomatic Of behavior, rowdy, boisterous, or fighting.The film presents Gia as a roughhouse girl plopped down in the world of instant fame, sex, money, and drugs.2009, Jerry Roberts, Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors, page 107:
roughhouse🔊verbEtymology From rough + house.› To behave rowdily or violently.1To play roughly (with physical roughness).Out in the street, some delinquents were roughhousing, until the police drove by.2To commit physical assault.Out in the street, some delinquents were roughhousing, until the police drove by.3To treat (someone or something) roughly or violently.Out in the street, some delinquents were roughhousing a victim, until the police drove by.Derived termsroughhouser