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  1. rough-house: Vocabulary.com
  2. Rough-House, rough-house: Wordnik
  3. rough-house: Wiktionary
  4. rough-house: Dictionary.com
  5. rough-house: Online Etymology Dictionary
  6. rough-house: Rhymezone
  7. rough-house: FreeDictionary.org
  8. rough-house: Mnemonic Dictionary
  9. rough-house: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  Alternative spelling of roughhouse [rowdy behaviour]

Similar:
rough house, rough and tumble, round house, hurly-burly, cross-ruff, skrimmage, hell-raiser, dust-up, whip-arse, jukehouse, more...

Opposite:
gentle, calm, peaceful, subdued, mild

Types:
scuffle, tussle, skirmish, melee, fray, brawl, fight, altercation, more...
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Similar:
rough house, rough and tumble, round house, hurly-burly, cross-ruff, skrimmage, hell-raiser, dust-up, whip-arse, jukehouse, more...

Opposite:
gentle, calm, peaceful, subdued, mild

Types:
scuffle, tussle, skirmish, melee, fray, brawl, fight, altercation, more...



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