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ROUGH-HOUSE
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they rough-house ... he / she / it rough-houses
Past simple: rough-housed
-ing form: rough-housing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Treat in a rough or boisterous manner
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "rough-house" is one way to...):
do by; handle; treat (interact in a certain way)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody