rough-and-tumble
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rough-and-tumble
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From rough + and + tumble.
adjective more rough-and-tumble · most rough-and-tumble · rough and tumble
- Active, vigorous and rough, with the possibility of harm. An assistant about the theatre grappled him, and they were soon upon the floor engaged in a regular rough-and-tumble fight.
- Highly competitive. She found fame and success in the rough-and-tumble garment district.
noun rough-and-tumbles · rough and tumble
- Rough activity; fighting or brawling; a fight. "You played Rugger for Ireland, did you not? You don't mind a possible rough-and-tumble, do you?" Malone grinned over the receiver.
- An environment of rough activity.
- A person who characteristically engages in such activity. This will appear a very tedious process to some of our rough-and-tumbles.
verb rough-and-tumbles · rough-and-tumbling · rough-and-tumbled · rough and tumble
- To engage in rough-and-tumble activity. But, for all that, our British experience of electioneering "rough-and-tumbling'" has long blunted the edge of our moral anger.
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noun rough activity; fights
| Русский | сва́лка sválka, потасо́вка potasóvka, дра́ка dráka, ку́ча мала́ kúča malá |
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