"rough and tumble" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more rough and tumble [comparative], most rough and tumble [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} rough and tumble (comparative more rough and tumble, superlative most rough and tumble)
  1. Alternative spelling of rough-and-tumble Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: rough-and-tumble
    Sense id: en-rough_and_tumble-en-adj-OekRzPie 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: 32 31 37 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 34 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 33 33 34 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 33 33 34

Noun

Forms: rough and tumbles [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} rough and tumble (plural rough and tumbles)
  1. Alternative spelling of rough-and-tumble Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: rough-and-tumble
    Sense id: en-rough_and_tumble-en-noun-OekRzPie 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: 32 31 37 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 34 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 33 33 34 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 33 33 34

Verb

Forms: rough and tumbles [present, singular, third-person], rough and tumbling [participle, present], rough and tumbled [participle, past], rough and tumbled [past]
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. Alternative spelling of rough-and-tumble Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: rough-and-tumble
    Sense id: en-rough_and_tumble-en-verb-OekRzPie 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: 32 31 37 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 34 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 33 33 34 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 33 33 34

Inflected forms

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