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rough-and-tumble
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun rough-and-tumble has 1 sense
- rough-and-tumble(n = noun.act) dogfight, hassle, scuffle, tussle - disorderly fighting; Array is a kind of combat, fight, fighting, scrap
Adjective rough-and-tumble has 1 sense
- rough-and-tumble(s = adj.all) bare-knuckle, bare-knuckled - characterized by disorderly action and disregard for rules; "a rough-and-tumble fight"; "rough-and-tumble politics"; "undisguised bare-knuckle capitalism"
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