roughhouse
Example Sentences
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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
Shavell said her father taught her how to play softball, loved to roughhouse with her and her brother, could fix anything around the house, and was the person that neighbors called if they needed anything.
From Washington Post • Apr. 5, 2020
Finally, she’d found a playmate she could roughhouse with.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
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