"rough-and-tumble" meaning in All languages combined

See rough-and-tumble on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Forms: more rough-and-tumble [comparative], most rough-and-tumble [superlative]
Etymology: rough + and + tumble Etymology templates: {{m|en|rough}} rough, {{m|en|and}} and, {{m|en|tumble}} tumble Head templates: {{en-adj}} rough-and-tumble (comparative more rough-and-tumble, superlative most rough-and-tumble)
  1. active, vigorous and rough, with the possibility of harm
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  2. highly competitive
    Sense id: en-rough-and-tumble-en-adj-Ny8C1P6k Categories (other): English coordinated pairs, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 10 21 17 11 17 23 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 23 30 7 30 9 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 2 30 21 4 37 6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: rough and tumble

Noun [English]

Forms: rough-and-tumbles [plural]
Etymology: rough + and + tumble Etymology templates: {{m|en|rough}} rough, {{m|en|and}} and, {{m|en|tumble}} tumble Head templates: {{en-noun}} rough-and-tumble (plural rough-and-tumbles)
  1. Rough activity; fighting or brawling; a fight. Translations (rough activity; fights): сва́лка (sválka) [feminine] (Russian), потасо́вка (potasóvka) [feminine] (Russian), дра́ка (dráka) [feminine] (Russian), ку́ча мала́ (kúča malá) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-rough-and-tumble-en-noun-7INNIKax Categories (other): English coordinated pairs, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 10 21 17 11 17 23 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 23 30 7 30 9 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 2 30 21 4 37 6 Disambiguation of 'rough activity; fights': 61 31 8
  2. An environment of rough activity
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  3. A person who characteristically engages in such activity
    Sense id: en-rough-and-tumble-en-noun-rjj0Crnr Categories (other): English coordinated pairs, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 10 21 17 11 17 23 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 23 30 7 30 9 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 2 30 21 4 37 6 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 2 31 21 2 41 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: rough and tumble

Verb [English]

Forms: rough-and-tumbles [present, singular, third-person], rough-and-tumbling [participle, present], rough-and-tumbled [participle, past], rough-and-tumbled [past]
Etymology: rough + and + tumble Etymology templates: {{m|en|rough}} rough, {{m|en|and}} and, {{m|en|tumble}} tumble Head templates: {{en-verb}} rough-and-tumble (third-person singular simple present rough-and-tumbles, present participle rough-and-tumbling, simple past and past participle rough-and-tumbled)
  1. Engage in rough-and-tumble activity
    Sense id: en-rough-and-tumble-en-verb-r1orE9xP Categories (other): English coordinated pairs Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 10 21 17 11 17 23
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: rough and tumble

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1853, Thomas De Quincey, Historical and Critical Essays, page 4",
          "text": "But, for all that, our British experience of electioneering \"rough-and-tumbling'\" has long blunted the edge of our moral anger.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1995, David Kenneth Wiggins, Sport in America: From Wicked Amusement to National Obsession, page 38",
          "text": "Although examples could be found throughout the South, rough-and-tumbling was best suited to the backwoods.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Engage in rough-and-tumble activity"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "rough and tumble"
    }
  ],
  "word": "rough-and-tumble"
}

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