noun
- boisterous or rough play, especially among children
Usage: informal
verb
- to engage in boisterous or rough play
Usage: informal; present participle of roughhouse
Examples
- The teacher told the students to stop their roughhousing in the hallway.
- Too much roughhousing can lead to someone getting hurt.
- The puppies were roughhousing in the yard all afternoon.
- Mom warned us about roughhousing near the furniture.
- The boys were roughhousing until one of them started crying.
- No roughhousing allowed in the library.