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rough-housing

noun as in horseplay

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“The child was rough-housing with his brother,” Parlatore said.

All of those long, hot practices at training camp still happened, but it wasn't quite the same — there was no rough-housing in the cold tub after a workout, or good-natured ribbing in the dining hall, where players instead had to eat in small groups.

All of those long, hot practices at training camp still happened, but it wasn’t quite the same - there was no rough-housing in the cold tub after a workout, or good-natured ribbing in the dining hall, where players instead had to eat in small groups.

All of those long, hot practices at training camp still happened, but it wasn’t quite the same — there was no rough-housing in the cold tub after a workout, or good-natured ribbing in the dining hall, where players instead had to eat in small groups.

The police ignore him, rough-housing the other morning drinkers off the bench and trying to haul one of his more boisterous companions into the van.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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