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PRONUNCIATION OF ROUGHHOUSE

roughhouse  [ˈrʌfˌhaʊs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ROUGHHOUSE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Roughhouse is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb roughhouse in English.

WHAT DOES ROUGHHOUSE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Roughouse

Roughouse is a fictional character, a comic book supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe and the occasional enemy of Wolverine. His first appearance was in Wolverine vol. 2, #4. The character was created by Chris Claremont and John Buscema.

Definition of roughhouse in the English dictionary

The definition of roughhouse in the dictionary is rough, disorderly, or noisy behaviour. Other definition of roughhouse is to treat in a boisterous or rough way.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO ROUGHHOUSE

PRESENT

Present
I roughhouse
you roughhouse
he/she/it roughhouses
we roughhouse
you roughhouse
they roughhouse
Present continuous
I am roughhousing
you are roughhousing
he/she/it is roughhousing
we are roughhousing
you are roughhousing
they are roughhousing
Present perfect
I have roughhoused
you have roughhoused
he/she/it has roughhoused
we have roughhoused
you have roughhoused
they have roughhoused
Present perfect continuous
I have been roughhousing
you have been roughhousing
he/she/it has been roughhousing
we have been roughhousing
you have been roughhousing
they have been roughhousing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I roughhoused
you roughhoused
he/she/it roughhoused
we roughhoused
you roughhoused
they roughhoused
Past continuous
I was roughhousing
you were roughhousing
he/she/it was roughhousing
we were roughhousing
you were roughhousing
they were roughhousing
Past perfect
I had roughhoused
you had roughhoused
he/she/it had roughhoused
we had roughhoused
you had roughhoused
they had roughhoused
Past perfect continuous
I had been roughhousing
you had been roughhousing
he/she/it had been roughhousing
we had been roughhousing
you had been roughhousing
they had been roughhousing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will roughhouse
you will roughhouse
he/she/it will roughhouse
we will roughhouse
you will roughhouse
they will roughhouse
Future continuous
I will be roughhousing
you will be roughhousing
he/she/it will be roughhousing
we will be roughhousing
you will be roughhousing
they will be roughhousing
Future perfect
I will have roughhoused
you will have roughhoused
he/she/it will have roughhoused
we will have roughhoused
you will have roughhoused
they will have roughhoused
Future perfect continuous
I will have been roughhousing
you will have been roughhousing
he/she/it will have been roughhousing
we will have been roughhousing
you will have been roughhousing
they will have been roughhousing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would roughhouse
you would roughhouse
he/she/it would roughhouse
we would roughhouse
you would roughhouse
they would roughhouse
Conditional continuous
I would be roughhousing
you would be roughhousing
he/she/it would be roughhousing
we would be roughhousing
you would be roughhousing
they would be roughhousing
Conditional perfect
I would have roughhouse
you would have roughhouse
he/she/it would have roughhouse
we would have roughhouse
you would have roughhouse
they would have roughhouse
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been roughhousing
you would have been roughhousing
he/she/it would have been roughhousing
we would have been roughhousing
you would have been roughhousing
they would have been roughhousing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you roughhouse
we let´s roughhouse
you roughhouse
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to roughhouse
Past participle
roughhoused
Present Participle
roughhousing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ROUGHHOUSE


Bauhaus
ˈbaʊˌhaʊs
clubhouse
ˈklʌbˌhaʊs
corfhouse
ˈkɔːfˌhaʊs
courthouse
ˈkɔːtˌhaʊs
dollhouse
ˈdɒlˌhaʊs
farmhouse
ˈfɑːmˌhaʊs
greenhouse
ˈɡriːnˌhaʊs
guesthouse
ˈɡɛstˌhaʊs
lighthouse
ˈlaɪtˌhaʊs
outhouse
ˈaʊtˌhaʊs
penthouse
ˈpɛntˌhaʊs
playhouse
ˈpleɪˌhaʊs
powerhouse
ˈpaʊəˌhaʊs
roadhouse
ˈrəʊdˌhaʊs
schoolhouse
ˈskuːlˌhaʊs
steakhouse
ˈsteɪkˌhaʊs
treehouse
ˈtriːˌhaʊs
warehouse
ˈwɛəˌhaʊs
Waterhouse
ˈwɔːtəˌhaʊs
Winehouse
waɪnˌhaʊs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ROUGHHOUSE

rough-hewn
rough-legged buzzard
rough-spoken
roughage
roughback
roughcast
roughcaster
roughen
roughened
rougher
roughhousing
roughie
roughies
roughish
roughleg
roughly
roughneck
roughness
roughrider
roughshod

WORDS THAT END LIKE ROUGHHOUSE

auction house
beach house
coffee house
country house
detached house
engine house
firehouse
full house
house
house-to-house
in-house
lady of the house
mouse
Mulhouse
on the house
open house
opera house
steak house
terraced house
town house
tree house

Synonyms and antonyms of roughhouse in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ROUGHHOUSE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «roughhouse» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of roughhouse

Translation of «roughhouse» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ROUGHHOUSE

Find out the translation of roughhouse to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of roughhouse from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «roughhouse» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

打闹
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

roughhouse
570 millions of speakers

English

roughhouse
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

roughhouse
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الخشونة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

хулиганить
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

roughhouse
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রাফহাউজ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

roughhouse
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Rumah kasar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Holzerei
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ばか騒ぎ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

roughhouse
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Roughhouse
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự huyên náo
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

roughhouse
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कच्चा माल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

patırtı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

roughhouse
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

roughhouse
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

хуліганити
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

iau la trântă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

καυγάδων
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

roughhouse
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

roughhouse
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

roughhouse
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of roughhouse

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ROUGHHOUSE»

The term «roughhouse» is regularly used and occupies the 97.755 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ROUGHHOUSE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «roughhouse» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «roughhouse» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about roughhouse

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ROUGHHOUSE»

Discover the use of roughhouse in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to roughhouse and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Roughhouse: A Novel in Snapshots
Rutkowski gives us a novel in bites and slices: sharp, shocking, and certainly not for the faint-hearted. Here is gall with gusto, a voice of reckoning, and writing to be reckoned with-- Molly Peacock.
Thaddeus Rutkowski, 1999
2
LIFE
The typical American family will unwittingly try to destroy their new Roughhouse kitchen carpet. But they will fail. Roughhouse is grapejuice-proof , tricycle tire- proof, and muddy paw-proof. You can squash peas on it, rub chocolate pudding on ...
3
This Game Has No Loyalty
the taller one screamed, as Roughhouse hit him with a hard right to his temple. The man fell to the ground out cold, and Roughhouse turned his attention to the short guy who showed no sign of fear. He looked at the Ruger on the floor and at  ...
JUNE, June, 2010
4
The Everything Boxer Book: A Complete Guide to Raising, ...
If you roughhouse with your boxer and he jumps all over someone else to roughhouse, he may frighten or hurt the person. If you then yell at him forjumping up, you've really confused him. In his mind, roughhousing andjumping on people are ...
Karla Spitzer, 2006
5
LIFE
That Hollywood thinks roughhouse is still sure-fire entertainment is shown here in a saloon brawl from a picture still in production — Universal's super- Western, Destry Rides Again. This brawl will be notable as perhaps the roughest female ...
6
LIFE
ROUGHHOUSE. Slapstick at "1 8" beginsas Maestro Jack White breaks hand- " Shame, Shame, Notre Dame," sings One-Round Jackson To play ticktacktoe, Pat Harrington starts to chalk a cross ful of crackers over One-Round Jackson, Negro  ...
7
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus
... adumbrate, block (out), chalk (out), characterize, draft, outline, skeleton, skeletonize rough (up) vb syn MANHANDLE, knock about, mishandle, roughhouse, slap around rough-and-ready adj syn MAKESHIFT, provisional, roughs and-tumble, ...
Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1988
8
America first roughhouse
ROUGHHOUSE. Appearing at an America First rally in Fort Wayne, Ind. Oct. 3, Charles A. Lindbergh suggested that free speech was moribund in America, that the Government no longer reflected the people's will, that President Roosevelt ...
9
Princeton Alumni Weekly
Ii's Roughhouse Page” the man said. Well, that had transpired in a New York bar a couple of days before. He was a family friend of the Murchisons and the two of them, he and Clint. had ilot to talking. . . . “Yes. of coiir.~:e" the coaches said.
‎1966
10
Feeding the Urge
“The owner of the Roughhouse, Mark Scarlett, told me he had seen Jay the night before. He had some drinks with an unknown girl, then they went away together. I 've checked the Lakeview Motel, because I thought they could have been there ...
Jeffrey Kosh, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ROUGHHOUSE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term roughhouse is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Rangers' Kreider OK with Subban's roughhouse tactics
Chris Kreider tangles with the Canadiens' P.K. Subban during the Rangers' 1-0 loss on Thursday night at the Garden. Photo: AP ... «New York Post, Jan 15»
2
Gold Cup finals recalled: when polo descended into the boxing …
That day, in the beautiful setting of Cowdray Park, espousing the best of the sport in England, polo descended into the boxing equivalent of a roughhouse brawl. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 14»
3
Roughhousing Lessons From Dad
Greg Kessler likes to roughhouse with his 7-year-old son Ezra or his 4-year-old daughter Zoe. He loves wrestling, pillow-fighting and a game they call "Big Chair, ... «Wall Street Journal, Jun 14»
4
Scooterworks' Slaughterhouse Concept Bike Rattles Chicago
That's because they took a giggle-inducing 50 cc Genuine Scooters RoughHouse scooter and turned it into this: the 68 cc, street-stomping SlaughterHouse ... «Gas 2.0, Feb 14»
5
Royal Ascot 2013: Dawn Approach guns down rivals in a Palace …
Royal Ascot 2013: Dawn Approach guns down rivals in a Palace roughhouse. DAWN APPROACH retrieved his reputation after gunning his rivals down when ... «Daily Star, Jun 13»
6
Everyone is part of the family at RoughHouse Boxing Gym
One-two-three is repeated over and over again as a group of men lift their legs in the air as part of a conditioning exercise in the back of RougHouse Boxing in ... «Daily Press, Feb 13»
7
Let My Daughter Roughhouse
My daughter Ellis was playing with some friends. These friends are older and are boys and the play was getting rowdy -- just a little rowdy. Gentle, happy rowdy. «Huffington Post, Oct 12»
8
Justin Bieber: Does He Like Roughhousing With Selena Gomez?
Justin Bieber told Us Weekly that he likes “cute girls,” but he also likes “girls that can roughhouse and play around a little too!” We're dying to know, was he ... «Hollywood Life, Jul 12»
9
Reality TV coming to Marlintini's Roughhouse ring
“It is very exciting,” long-time Roughhouse ring announcer Bob Haag said. “This has been a dream of mine for some time. To get those Hollywood types out here ... «Juneau Empire, Mar 12»
10
Racist Ads for LA Animal Shelter? Kids in 'South Central …
Racist Ads for L.A. Animal Shelter? Kids in 'South Central' Roughhouse With Pitbull, While Westsiders Pet Cute Normal Dog. A A. Facebook · Twitter. «LA Weekly, Sep 11»

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