Phrase Hound found 145 phrases and 85 compound words that contain rough. The most common are listed below. Open rough in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 145
- rough and readyCrude or unpolished, but still fit for use; good enough.
- rough-and-tumbleActive, vigorous and rough, with the possibility of harm.
- rough edgesMinor imperfections.
- diamond in the roughAn uncut diamond.
- rough breathingAspiration on a vowel or semivowel in Ancient Greek.
- rough-legged buzzardButeo lagopus, a medium-large bird of prey.
- rough tradeRough or tough men who are available as casual sexual partners for other men (for example in exchange for money).
- rough fishAny fish not considered valuable as sport fish nor used as bait or for food.
- rough musicImprovised noise created by banging saucepans, scrap metal etc., especially as a way for communities to express outrage or displeasure at someone's behaviour.
- rough around the edgesIn need of refinement; unsophisticated.
- rough justiceTreatment or punishment that is not considered fair or in accordance with the law.
- rough rideThe practice of not applying a seat belt to a handcuffed detainee in a transport vehicle before driving erratically, causing that detainee to be violently shaken about.
- sleep roughOf a homeless person, to sleep outdoors, particularly as opposed to sleeping in a shelter or similar.
- rough horsetailA plant in the taxonomic genus Equisetum (horsetails); Equisetum hyemale.
- rough riderSomething, such as a steam locomotive, that does not travel smoothly when in motion
- Rough CommonA village in Harbledown and Rough Common parish, Canterbury district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR1259).
- rough diamondSynonym of diamond in the rough: An uncut diamond.
- rough patchA difficult or embattling period of one's life.
- rough sleeperA homeless person who sleeps outdoors.
- rough upto manhandle or beat up
- rough cutThe second of three stages of offline editing of a film, recognizable as a conventional film but having notable defects such as incomplete narrative flow and missing visual or sound effects.
- rough-bookAlternative form of rough book.
- rough ridersplural of rough rider: Something, such as a steam locomotive, that does not travel smoothly when in motion
- rough collieA dog of a long-haired breed originating from Scotland, originally used as sheepdogs.
- rough sharkAny shark of the genus Oxynotus.
Compound words 85
- roughneckA labourer on an oil rig or in the oilpatch, either skilled or semiskilled.
- roughageOriginally (archaic), garbage, rubbish, or waste; later (agriculture) the portions of a crop which are discarded, such as husks, stalks, etc.; also, agricultural waste such as weeds.
- roughshodOf a horse: having hooves shod with horseshoes that have calks or projecting parts to prevent slipping.
- roughyA fish in family Trachichthyidae
- roughcastA crude model.
- roughdryIn laundry work, to dry without smoothing or ironing.
- roughstockCollectively, broncos; horses not fully broken that are likely to buck when ridden.
- roughhouseOf behavior, rowdy, boisterous, or fighting.
- roughriderA horsebreaker.
- overroughExcessively rough.