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rough-and-tumble

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rough-and-tum·ble (rfn-tmbl)
adj.
Characterized by roughness and disregard for order or rules: rough-and-tumble politics.
n.
A condition marked by rough disorderly struggle; infighting: the rough-and-tumble of national politics.
rough-and-tumble
Noun
1. a playful fight
2. a disorderly situation
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Noun1.rough-and-tumblerough-and-tumble - disorderly fighting
scuffle, tussle, dogfight, hassle
fighting, combat, fight, scrap - the act of fighting; any contest or struggle; "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets"; "the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap"
Adj.1.rough-and-tumble - characterized by disorderly action and disregard for rules; "a rough-and-tumble fight"; "rough-and-tumble politics"; "undisguised bare-knuckle capitalism"
bare-knuckle, bare-knuckled
disorderly - undisciplined and unruly; "disorderly youths"; "disorderly conduct"
Translations
Spanish rough-and-tumble [ˈrʌfənˈtʌmbl] n → pelea
French rough-and-tumble [ˈrʌfənˈtʌmbl] n → agitation f
German rough-and-tumble [ˈrʌfənˈtʌmbl] rough n (fighting) → Balgerei f (fig); Schlachtfeld nt
Italian rough-and-tumble [ˈrʌfənˈtʌmbl] n → zuffa
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Your ship is a tender creature, whose idiosyncrasies must be attended to if you mean her to come with credit to herself and you through the rough-and-tumble of her life.
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
Others of them, however, exhibited in the midst of much rough-and-tumble fighting and buffoonery, a slight thread of dramatic action.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
Graduates of the hardest of man-handling schools, veterans of multitudes of rough-and-tumble battles, men of blood and sweat and endurance, they nevertheless lacked one thing that Daylight possessed in high degree--namely, an almost perfect brain and muscular coordination.
Burning Daylight by London, Jack View in context
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