rough-and-tumble

== English == === Alternative forms === rough and tumble === Etymology === From rough + and + tumble. === Adjective === rough-and-tumble (comparative more rough-and-tumble, superlative most rough-and-tumble) Active, vigorous and rough, with the possibility of harm. Highly competitive. === Noun === rough-and-tumble (plural rough-and-tumbles) Rough activity; fighting or brawling; a fight. An environment of rough activity. A person who characteristically engages in such activity. ==== Translations ==== === 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) (intransitive) To engage in rough-and-tumble activity.