English
Noun
en-noun
- alternative spelling of|rough-and-tumble
#* 1947, Leslie Wood, NikolaÄ 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
en-adj
- alternative spelling of|rough-and-tumble
Verb
en-verb|rough and tumbles|rough and tumbling|rough and tumbled
- engage in rough-and-tumble actity
#* 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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