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Roughhousing meaning

present participle and gerund of roughhouse

Using Roughhousing

  • The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of roughhouse
  • In the example corpus, roughhousing often appears in combinations such as: roughhousing with.

Context around Roughhousing

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 4 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

fisher 1×

Often after:

wednesday 1×

Sentence patterns with Roughhousing

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

and fisher roughhousing with both 1× basically him roughhousing with me 1× incident as roughhousing at the 1× they were roughhousing wednesday 1× two while roughhousing 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

an iowa man 1× half of my 1× the bar s 1×

Common sentence endings:

a twentysomething guy 1× of the kids 1× to a report 1× two while roughhousing 1× were roughhousing wednesday 1×

Words around Roughhousing

Just before it in the word index:

roughest 14 rougher 61 roughened 11 roughen 3 roughed 29 roughead 2

Just after it in the word index:

roughies 2 roughing 78 roughley 10 roughly 4.201 roughneck 5 roughnecks 21

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaas 7 aacc 7 aacs 7 aafes 7 aah 7 aankh 7

Corpus analysis for Roughhousing

  • In this selection, "roughhousing" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 22.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, fisher and wednesday stand out and add context to how "roughhousing" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and fisher roughhousing with both and basically him roughhousing with me. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "roughhousing" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with roughhousing

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

An Iowa man says his dog inadvertently shot him while they were roughhousing Wednesday. (14 words)

Half of my memories of Guy are basically him roughhousing with me as a twentysomething guy. (16 words)

The bar's owner characterized the incident as "roughhousing" at the time, according to a report. (16 words)

Longer example sentences

They have been sharing photos and videos of some of the highlights of their extended family time with the boys since the pandemic started, including Underwood baking cookies and muffins with her two boys and Fisher roughhousing with both of the kids. (42 words)

Are you even brothers if one of you hasn’t yelled at the other or genially dislocated your shoulder a time or two while roughhousing? (25 words)

Half of my memories of Guy are basically him roughhousing with me as a twentysomething guy. (16 words)

Question examples

Are you even brothers if one of you hasn’t yelled at the other or genially dislocated your shoulder a time or two while roughhousing? (25 words)

Example sentences (5)

Are you even brothers if one of you hasn’t yelled at the other or genially dislocated your shoulder a time or two while roughhousing?

Half of my memories of Guy are basically him roughhousing with me as a twentysomething guy.

They have been sharing photos and videos of some of the highlights of their extended family time with the boys since the pandemic started, including Underwood baking cookies and muffins with her two boys and Fisher roughhousing with both of the kids.

The bar's owner characterized the incident as "roughhousing" at the time, according to a report.

An Iowa man says his dog inadvertently shot him while they were roughhousing Wednesday.

Common combinations with roughhousing

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "roughhousing" in a sentence?
An example: "Are you even brothers if one of you hasn’t yelled at the other or genially dislocated your shoulder a time or two while roughhousing?" This page contains 5 example sentences with the word "roughhousing" from authentic English texts.
What does "roughhousing" mean?
Roughhousing means: present participle and gerund of roughhouse
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