rough-and-tumble
disorderly fighting • Syn: hassle, scuffle, tussle, dogfight • Derivationally related forms: tussle (for: tussle), scuffle (for: scuffle) • Hypernyms: fight, fighting, combat, scrap
characterized by disorderly action and disregard for rules - a rough-and-tumble fight - rough-and-tumble politics - undisguised bare-knuckle capitalism • Syn: bare-knuckle, bare-knuckled • Similar to: disorderly
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