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rough

Definition

  • noun: an area on a golf course covered with tall grass that makes it difficult to hit the ball
  • noun: uneven ground covered with high grass, brush, and stones
  • verb: to hit (a player) very hard in a way that is not allowed by the rules
  • verb: to subject to abuse
  • adjective: having a surface that is not even
  • adjective: marked by inequalities, ridges, or projections on the surface
  • usually used with 'up'
  • synonyms: roughen, manhandle, coarse

Examples

  • He's 'having a rough time (of it)'. = He's 'going through a rough time'. [=he is having a difficult time; his life has been difficult recently]

  • The project still has a few 'rough edges'. [=the project still has a few things that need to be changed or finished]

  • Don't 'be so rough on them' [=don't punish or criticize them so harshly] for making a mistake.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Put 'em together, It just makes sense! Winter's a good time to stay in and cuddle, But put me in summer and I'll be a... Happy Snowman! When life gets rough I like to hold on to my dream of relaxing in the summer sun just letting off steam! Oh the sky will be Blue... And you guys'll be there too. (..)
    2013 Frozen
  • (..) These are from our winter stock, where supply and demand have a big problem. You want to talk about a supply and demand problem? I sell ice for a living. Ooh, that's a rough business to be in right now. I mean, that is really... Ahem. That's unfortunate. Still forty. But I will throw in a (..)
    2013 Frozen