rough and tumble
Noun

rough and tumble

  1. Alternative spelling of rough-and-tumble
    • 1947, Leslie Wood, Nikolaĭ Nikolaevich Evreinov, Harry Alan Towers, Leslie Scott Mitchell, The March of the Movies, page 174
      Everyone fought in these rough and tumbles for the mastery of what was to become one of the world's largest industries.
Adjective

rough and tumble

  1. Alternative spelling of rough-and-tumble
Verb

rough and tumble

  1. Alternative spelling of rough-and-tumble
    • 1932, James T. Farrell, Young Lonigan
      They clinched again, tumbled onto the grass, rough and tumbled, with first one and then the other on top, socking away.
    • 2000, Herb Goldberg, The Hazards of Being Male: Surviving the Myth of Masculine Privilege, page 63
      Daddy holds, hugs, kisses, and caresses his young daughter but he rough and tumbles, throws around, and mock fights with his little son.



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