roughhouse

adj

1. (idiomatic)Of behavior, rowdy, boisterous, or fighting.

   “The film presents Gia as a roughhouse girl plopped down in the world of instant fame, sex, money, and drugs.”

noun

1. (idiomatic, uncountable)Rowdy behavior.

verb

1. (intransitive)To behave rowdily or violently.

   “Out in the street, some delinquents were roughhousing, until the police drove by.”

2. (intransitive)To behave rowdily or violently.

   “Out in the street, some delinquents were roughhousing, until the police drove by.”

3. (transitive)To treat (someone or something) roughly or violently.

   “Out in the street, some delinquents were roughhousing a victim, until the police drove by.”