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rough⋅house

  [n. ruhf-hous; v. ruhf-hous, -houz] noun, plural -hous⋅es  [-hou-ziz] , verb, -housed  [-houst, -houzd] , -hous⋅ing  [-hou-sing, -zing] .
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–noun
1. rough, disorderly playing, esp. indoors.
–verb (used without object)
2. to engage in rough, disorderly play.
–verb (used with object)
3. to handle roughly but with playful intent: to roughhouse the cat.
Origin:
1885–90, Americanism; rough + house
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roughhouse

and roughneck
  1. n.
    a mean kid; a boisterous child, usually male. : Jimmy! Stop acting like such a roughhouse.
  2. in.
    to be boisterous. : The boys broke the lamp when they were roughnecking around in the family room.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

rough-house 
1887, as a noun, "uproar, disturbance," from rough (adj.) + house. The verb is first attested c.1897.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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