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Definition of "roughhousing" [roughhousing]

  • Present participle of roughhouse. (verb)

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Use "roughhousing" in a sentence
  • "My Grandfather used this method to prove that a mysterious hole that appeared in the wall when he left my Father and uncles alone in the house wasn't caused by "roughhousing" as they claimed."
  • "But he acknowledges that children behave differently today consuming both passive and active violent media imagery and that the physical "roughhousing" that resulted from earlier media violence is now missing."
  • "And then they said, ` Well, let's tussle and scuffle, 'which is kind of roughhousing, and Lincoln said he wouldn't do that."
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