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Answer for the clue "Roughhousing ... or a hin ", 9 letters:
horseplay

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Word definitions for horseplay in dictionaries

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"rough, excessive play," 1580s, from horse (n.) with its associations of "strong, coarse" + play (n.). \n

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Horseplay on the school bus is not allowed. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Cosmopolitan chief Marcelle d'Argy Smith stormed out of the historic Oxford Union debating chamber after sitting through 90 minutes of bawdy horseplay ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. rough or rowdy play that can often result in unintentional physical harm. vb. To engage in horseplay.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. rowdy or boisterous play

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Horseplay \Horse"play`\, n. Rude, boisterous play. Too much given to horseplay in his raillery. --Dryden.

Usage examples of horseplay.

Only in the privacy of the wardroom could middies release their natural tensions in horseplay.

Gym bags and oversize canvas duffels had been lined up in random clusters while the kids themselves milled around, engaged in various forms of horseplay.

There was something weird, something repugnant about the thought of those men sitting up to their necks in wooden tubs of skin-scummy bathwater, splashing and horseplaying like kids in a swimming hole.

And there was something repugnant about the thought of those men sitting up to their necks in wooden tubs of skin-scummy bathwater, splashing and horseplaying like kids in a swimming hole.