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roughhouse

[ruhf-hous, ruhf-hous, -houz] / ˈrʌfˌhaʊs, ˈrʌfˌhaʊs, -ˌhaʊz /
NOUN
roughness
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Now here comes Kansas, hurled atop the roughhouse West Region and told to function as best it can.

From Washington Post • Mar. 15, 2023

The elves roughhouse them down a slide that definitely doesn't appear to be up to code.

From Salon • Dec. 13, 2022

From there, different individuals paired off to chase one another, wrestle and generally roughhouse.

From New York Times • Oct. 11, 2022

Mauro Bellugi pestered Brooking in the roughhouse style.

From The Guardian • Jul. 11, 2021

Of course Betsie had always seemed older because she couldn’t run and roughhouse the way other children did.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom