rough-and-tumbling
rough-and-tumbling is the present participle and gerund of rough-and-tumble.
Meaning of rough-and-tumble
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)
- To engage in rough-and-tumble activity.
- But, for all that, our British experience of electioneering "rough-and-tumbling'" has long blunted the edge of our moral anger.1853, Thomas De Quincey, Historical and Critical Essays, page 4
Questions about rough-and-tumbling
- What is rough-and-tumbling the present participle and gerund of?
- Rough-and-tumbling is the present participle and gerund of rough-and-tumble.
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