ALL meanings of rough up
rough up
R r - transitivephrasal verb rough up beat up 1
- transitivephrasal verb rough up sports: abuse a player 1
- transitivephrasal verb rough up make rough 1
- adjective rough up having a coarse or uneven surface, as from projections, irregularities, or breaks; not smooth: rough, red hands; a rough road. 1
- adjective rough up shaggy or coarse: a dog with a rough coat. 1
- adjective rough up (of an uninhabited region or large land area) steep or uneven and covered with high grass, brush, trees, stones, etc.: to hunt over rough country. 1
- adjective rough up acting with or characterized by violence: Boxing is a rough sport. 1
- adjective rough up characterized by unnecessary violence or infractions of the rules: It was a rough prize fight. 1
- adjective rough up violently disturbed or agitated; turbulent, as water or the air: a rough sea. 1
- adjective rough up having a violently irregular motion; uncomfortably or dangerously uneven: The plane had a rough flight in the storm. 1
- adjective rough up stormy or tempestuous, as wind or weather. 1
- adjective rough up sharp or harsh: a rough temper. 1
- adjective rough up unmannerly or rude: his rough and churlish manner; They exchanged rough words. 1
- adjective rough up disorderly or riotous: a rough mob. 1
- adjective rough up difficult or unpleasant: to have a rough time of it. 1
- adjective rough up harsh to the ear; grating or jarring, as sounds. 1
- adjective rough up harsh to the taste; sharp or astringent: a rough wine. 1
- adjective rough up coarse, as food. 1
- adjective rough up lacking culture or refinement: a rough, countrified manner. 1
- adjective rough up without refinements, luxuries, or ordinary comforts or conveniences: rough camping. 1
- adjective rough up requiring exertion or strength rather than intelligence or skill: rough manual labor. 1
- adjective rough up not elaborated, perfected, or corrected; unpolished, as language, verse, or style: a rough draft. 1
- adjective rough up made or done without any attempt at exactness, completeness, or thoroughness; approximate or tentative: a rough guess. 1
- adjective rough up crude, unwrought, nonprocessed, or unprepared: rough rice. 1
- adjective rough up Phonetics. uttered with aspiration; having the sound of h; aspirated. 1
- noun rough up something that is rough, especially rough ground. 1
- noun rough up Golf. any part of the course bordering the fairway on which the grass, weeds, etc., are not trimmed. 1
- noun rough up the unpleasant or difficult part of anything. 1
- noun rough up anything in its crude or preliminary form, as a drawing. 1
- noun rough up Chiefly British. a rowdy; ruffian. 1
- adverb rough up in a rough manner; roughly. 1
- verb with object rough up to make rough; roughen. 1
- verb with object rough up to give a beating to, manhandle, or subject to physical violence (often followed by up): The mob roughed up the speaker. 1
- verb with object rough up to subject to some rough, preliminary process of working or preparation (often followed by down, off, or out): to rough off boards. 1
- verb with object rough up to sketch roughly or in outline (often followed by in or out): to rough out a diagram; to rough in the conversation of a novel. 1
- verb with object rough up Sports. to subject (a player on the opposing team) to unnecessary physical abuse, as in blocking or tackling: The team was penalized 15 yards for roughing the kicker. 1
- verb without object rough up to become rough, as a surface. 1
- verb without object rough up to behave roughly. 1
- idioms rough up in the rough, in a rough, crude, or unfinished state: The country has an exciting potential, but civilization there is still in the rough. 1
- idioms rough up rough it, to live without the customary comforts or conveniences; endure rugged conditions: We really roughed it on our fishing trip. 1
- phrasal verb rough up If someone roughs you up, they attack you and hit or beat you. 0
- verb rough up to treat violently; beat up 0
- verb rough up to cause (feathers, hair, etc) to stand up by rubbing against the grain 0