rough-and-tumbleとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

rough + and + tumble

形容詞

rough-and-tumble (comparative more rough-and-tumble, superlative most rough-and-tumble)

1. active, vigorous and rough, with the possibility of harm
2. highly competitive

   She found fame and success in the rough-and-tumble garment district.

名詞

rough-and-tumble (複数形 rough-and-tumbles)

1. Rough activity; fighting or brawling; a fight.
   • 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:

     "You played Rugger for Ireland, did you not? You don't mind a possible rough-and-tumble, do you?" Malone grinned over the receiver.

   • 1995, Anthony Powell, A Dance to the Music of Time: First Movement, page 23

     She liked ragging; but ragging — and nothing more — these rough-and-tumbles remained

   • 2000, Mark Michael Smith, The Old South, page 105

     As for rough-and-tumbles, the Quaker saw no hope of suppressing them. Few nights passed without such fights […]

2. An environment of rough activity
3. A person who characteristically engages in such activity
   • 1854, William Chorlton, "The Culture of Celery", in The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste, ed. by Luther Tucker, page 166

     This will appear a very tedious process to some of our rough-and-tumbles.

動詞

rough-and-tumble (三人称単数 現在形 rough-and-tumbles, 現在分詞 rough-and-tumbling, 過去形および過去分詞形 rough-and-tumbled)

1. Engage in rough-and-tumble activity
   • 1853, Thomas De Quincey, Historical and Critical Essays, page 4

     But, for all that, our British experience of electioneering "rough-and-tumbling'" has long blunted the edge of our moral anger.

   • 1995, David Kenneth Wiggins, Sport in America: From Wicked Amusement to National Obsession, page 38

     Although examples could be found throughout the South, rough-and-tumbling was best suited to the backwoods.

形容詞

rough and tumble (comparative more rough かつ tumble, superlative most rough かつ tumble)

1. Alternative spelling of rough-and-tumble

動詞

rough and tumble (三人称単数 現在形 rough かつ tumbles, 現在分詞 rough かつ tumbling, 過去形および過去分詞形 rough かつ tumbled)

1. Alternative spelling of rough-and-tumble
   • 1932, James T. Farrell, Young Lonigan

     They clinched again, tumbled onto the grass, rough and tumbled, with first one and then the other on top, socking away.

   • 2000, Herb Goldberg, The Hazards of Being Male: Surviving the Myth of Masculine Privilege, page 63

     Daddy holds, hugs, kisses, and caresses his young daughter but he rough and tumbles, throws around, and mock fights with his little son.