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"Rough or rowdy play that can often result in unintentional physical harm."
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "gruba šega",
"sense": "rough or rowdy play",
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"word": "груба шега"
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"sense": "rough or rowdy play",
"word": "hevosenleikki"
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"sense": "rough or rowdy play",
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"word": "Herumgealber"
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"sense": "rough or rowdy play",
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"feminine"
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"word": "pleidhcíocht"
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"sense": "rough or rowdy play",
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"word": "pelea"
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"ref": "2004, Kyle Longley, Senator Albert Gore, Sr.: Tennessee Maverick, page 136",
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"To engage in horseplay."
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"(intransitive) To engage in horseplay."
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"word": "roughhouse"
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"sense": "to engage in horseplay",
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"sense": "to engage in horseplay",
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"sense": "to engage in horseplay",
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"code": "bg",
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"roman": "gruba šega",
"sense": "rough or rowdy play",
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"feminine"
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"word": "груба шега"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ludorija",
"sense": "rough or rowdy play",
"tags": [
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"sense": "rough or rowdy play",
"word": "hevosenleikki"
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"sense": "rough or rowdy play",
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"word": "chahut"
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"sense": "rough or rowdy play",
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"word": "Unfug"
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"sense": "rough or rowdy play",
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"word": "Herumgealber"
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "rough or rowdy play",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pleidhcíocht"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "rough or rowdy play",
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"word": "harce"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "rough or rowdy play",
"tags": [
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"word": "swawola"
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"sense": "rough or rowdy play",
"tags": [
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"word": "pelea"
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"sense": "rough or rowdy play",
"tags": [
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"word": "camorra"
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"code": "yo",
"lang": "Yoruba",
"sense": "rough or rowdy play",
"word": "erépá"
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"word": "horseplay"
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"To engage in horseplay."
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"(intransitive) To engage in horseplay."
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"word": "play fight"
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{
"word": "roughhouse"
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"translations": [
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to engage in horseplay",
"word": "chahuter"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to engage in horseplay",
"word": "raufen"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to engage in horseplay",
"word": "pelear"
},
{
"code": "yo",
"lang": "Yoruba",
"sense": "to engage in horseplay",
"word": "ṣerépá"
}
],
"word": "horseplay"
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