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    [Noun]  | "rough-and-tum*ble" | \ ˌrə-fən-ˈtəm-bəl \


    1: rough disorderly unrestrained fighting or struggling; also : infighting


    Origin: 1810 ;

    [Adjective]  | "rough-and-tumble" 


    1: marked by rough-and-tumble; also : rough-and-ready

    2: put together haphazardly : makeshift


    Origin: 1818 ;

    [Adjective]  | "rough-and-tumble" 


    1: hastily or roughly constructed;


      * e.g., " ... the announcement of his candidacy was made from a rough-and-tumble stage put together just that morning "





    [Noun]  | "rough-and-tumble" 


    1: a rough and often noisy fight usually involving several people;


      * e.g., " ... a rough-and-tumble broke out among the fans in the stands "



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     [ "Rough and tumble" ]

    1: To have a fight while, usually, rolling around on the ground. Usually only a play fight, similar to lion cubs fighting each other for fun.

      * e.g.,  ... "Ha, what a rough and tumble." 

     [ "Rough and Tumble" ]

    1: Play fighting/foreplay before a long steamy session of sexual activity. Includes: wrestling, spanking, tickling, lip biting and hastily ripping off clothing before getting down to business.

      * e.g.,  ... Donnie: 'At first she wouldn't put out but I got the ball rolling with a bit of rough and tumble.' 

     [ "rough and tumble dry" ]

    1: the extreme of rough. taken straight out of the setting for drying your clothes comes this definition of a rough night.

      * e.g.,  ... A: so after i awoke after taking heroin me and my friends ran for 4 miles from the the cops 


     [ "rough and tumble dry" ]

    2: When the word rough doesn't cut it anymore and you need to give it more and make it clear to another person that it is extremely rough.

      * e.g.,  ... B: dude that's rough and tumble dry 


     [ "rough and tumble dry" ]

    3: It can also be used to describe apparel or appearance of a person. And can be described as an action.

      * e.g.,  ... Wu-Tang Clan is rough and tumble dry 

     [ "Rough-n-tumbles" ]

    1: any baby animal or human babies playing, running, falling down, banging into each other.

      * e.g.,  ... The way those rough-n-tumbles play, you would think one of them would be hurt or crying. 

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