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rough-and-tumble

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Adjective

  1. Active, vigorous and rough, with the possibility of harm.
  2. Highly competitive.
  3. Alternative form of rough-and-tumble.

Noun

  1. Rough activity; fighting or brawling; a fight.
  2. An environment of rough activity.
  3. A person who characteristically engages in such activity.
  4. Alternative form of rough-and-tumble.

Verb

  1. To engage in rough-and-tumble activity.
  2. Alternative form of rough-and-tumble.

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