Overview of noun rough-and-tumble

The noun rough-and-tumble has 1 sense

• hassle, scuffle, tussle, dogfight, rough-and-tumble -- (disorderly fighting)

Overview of adj rough-and-tumble

The adj rough-and-tumble has 1 sense

• rough-and-tumble, bare-knuckle, bare-knuckled -- (characterized by disorderly action and disregard for rules; "a rough-and-tumble fight"; "rough-and-tumble politics"; "undisguised bare-knuckle capitalism")