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roughhouse

noun as in roughness

Weak matches

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There, he and friends would roughhouse in front yards, church playgrounds ... any place they could.

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She is almost 4 years old and naturally playful — her caretakers have said she is witty and curious, and has proved to be an excellent climber and will even roughhouse a bit with other pandas.

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Her powers of observation miss nothing: roughhousing children, bickering adults, pets scampering underfoot.

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As the grazing heifers lifted their horns, their playful roughhousing seemed like a display of holiday cheer.

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The couple already had two kids, Ben and Penny, and envisioned all of the roughhousing, road trips and happy mayhem that comes with four children.

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