as in roughhousing
wildly playful or mischievous behavior
their parents simply wouldn't tolerate any roughhouse in the living room
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as in to wrestle
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as in to cut up
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Recent Examples of roughhouse
Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2021
Chewy orecchiette roughhouse with big hunks of sausage and broccolini, enrobed in a rich goat cheese fonduta.
—Dominic Armato, azcentral, 16 July 2019
Sandy West, NBC News, 7 Oct. 2023
In another, my son roughhoused with friends and Buddy attacked.
—Michelle Madden, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2023
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Noun
Phil bitterly watches from a distance while his fellow cowhands roughhouse, bathe together and chase prostitutes at a local saloon.
—Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2021
Chewy orecchiette roughhouse with big hunks of sausage and broccolini, enrobed in a rich goat cheese fonduta.
—Dominic Armato, azcentral, 16 July 2019
Verb
Raised on her family’s farm in conservative Nebraska in the 1960s and ’70s, Ashley Swartz took her cues about life from her surroundings: At home, the men worked the farm; elsewhere, boys roughhoused and participated in sports; at church, there was good and there was evil.
—Sandy West, NBC News, 7 Oct. 2023
In another, my son roughhoused with friends and Buddy attacked.
—Michelle Madden, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2023
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Food deserts, redlining, a lack of green space and chronic underinvestment in BIPOC communities all play a part in making our Black and Brown neighbors more likely to wrestle with serious chronic diseases like obesity and diabetes.Jeremy Cooney, New York Daily News, 20 Dec. 2024
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This training was so essential to Boston Scientific that the company wrestled with whether to cancel a September class at the Health Science Center after learning about its use of unclaimed bodies.Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2024
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Her legs were cut up by students at North Texas’ Health Science Center, an investigation revealed, and the ashes of her other remains were delivered to the Callas County medical examiner, NBC discovered.Sean Neumann, People.com, 19 Dec. 2024
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Thirty-three years since its founder began cutting up fabrics in a pokey South London flat, the house of McQueen’s headquarters now inhabit a six-story, 30,000-square-foot building in London’s Clerkenwell.Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2024
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Additionally, there is no central registry for uncertified school employees who have abused or mistreated students.Nolan McKendry | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 16 Dec. 2024
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Cardi, who previously denied all allegations of mistreating her kids, addressed CPS and the agency’s investigation during an explosive Instagram Live session on Tuesday (Dec. 10).Michael Saponara, Billboard, 11 Dec. 2024
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From there, a series of scenes — a late-night house party full of adults drinking and carousing, a cascade of tinsel falling off a Christmas tree, a playground fail — replicate a you-are-there feeling as a preadolescent named Elwood Curtis navigates the agonies and ecstasies of boyhood.David Fear, Rolling Stone, 12 Dec. 2024
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Serving guests, some of them still carousing from the previous evening out, was never enough.Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 19 July 2024
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On my gondola, however, horseplay is not only encouraged, it is required.Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 24 Sep. 2024
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Prosecutors allege Alec Baldwin engaged in ‘horseplay’ and acted recklessly on ‘Rust’ set.Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2024
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Prospects for fewer rate cuts and higher inflation pummeled all three primary U.S. stock indexes, which posted their sharpest daily declines since August.Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
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At the start of the year, a series of extreme winter weather systems pummeled Portland and ice rained down from the skies.Meira Gebel, Axios, 17 Dec. 2024
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A little bit less clowning around and a bit more focus and that's it, really.Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
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To paraphrase a French clowning instructor, a little cursive singing is okay, but a lot is more difficult.Bethy Squires, Vulture, 16 July 2024
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But historically Black colleges and universities have reason to revel, as some have seen record increases.Ira Porter, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Nov. 2024
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Long after the stadium had cleared out, her fans could still be heard reveling outside on the concourse.Zack Pierce, The Athletic, 9 Aug. 2024
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“Roughhouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roughhouse. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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