Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

roughhouse

/ˈɹʌf.haʊs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.57 in modern English

Syllables: rough-house
IPA: /ˈɹʌf.haʊs/

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of behavior, rowdy, boisterous, or fighting.

noun

Rowdy behavior.

Uncountable

verb

To behave rowdily or violently.

Intransitive verb

verb

To behave rowdily or violently.

Intransitive verb

verb

To treat (someone or something) roughly or violently.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"The film presents Gia as a roughhouse girl plopped down in the world of instant fame, sex, money, and drugs."
"Out in the street, some delinquents were roughhousing, until the police drove by."
"Out in the street, some delinquents were roughhousing a victim, until the police drove by."

Etymology

From rough + house.

Usage

Inflected Forms

more roughhouse (comparative) most roughhouse (superlative) rough house (alternative) rough-house (alternative) roughhouses (present, singular) roughhousing (participle, present) roughhoused (participle, past) roughhoused (past)

Derived Forms

roughhouser

Synonyms

horseplay rough up work over

Questions

How do you pronounce roughhouse?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɹʌf.haʊs/.
What does roughhouse mean?: Of behavior, rowdy, boisterous, or fighting.
Where does roughhouse come from?: From rough + house.

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