- rough-and-tum|ble
- rough-and-tum|ble «RUHF uhn TUHM buhl», adjective, noun.–adj.showing confusion and violence; with little regard for rules; roughly vigorous; boisterous: »
a rough-and-tumble football game, a rough-and-tumble campaign. This Grammk was no rough-and-tumble type but…a college man, soft-spoken (Saul Bellow).
SYNONYM(S): riotous.–n.a rough-and-tumble fight or struggle: »the rough-and-tumble of popular debate (Baron Charnwood).
Useful english dictionary. 2012.