sleeper | an unexpected hit, that movie was the sleeper of the summer |
hassle scuffle tussle dogfight rough-and-tumble | disorderly fighting |
rough-legged hawk roughleg Buteo lagopus | large hawk of the northern hemisphere that feeds chiefly on small rodents and is beneficial to farmers |
rough-skinned newt Taricha granulosa | newt of humid coast from Alaska to southern California |
rough green snake Opheodrys aestivus | of southern and eastern United States |
rough fish | any fish useless for food or sport or even as bait |
sleeper sleeper goby | tropical fish that resembles a goby and rests quietly on the bottom in shallow water |
draft rough drawing | a preliminary sketch of a design or picture |
sleeper | a piece of furniture that can be opened up into a bed |
sleeper | pajamas with feet, worn by children |
sleeping car sleeper wagon-lit | a passenger car that has berths for sleeping |
tie railroad tie crosstie sleeper | one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track, the British call a railroad tie a sleeper |
rough cut | the first print of a movie after preliminary editing |
sleeper nest | a nest of sleepers awaiting a prearranged signal, sleeper nests of Islamic terrorists were capable of launching major attacks in Europe |
sleeper cell | a cell of sleepers, an al-Qaeda sleeper cell may have used Arizona as its base |
rough | the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short |
Rough Rider | a member of the volunteer cavalry regiment led by Theodore Roosevelt in the Spanish-American War () |
sleeper slumberer | a rester who is sleeping |
sleeper | an unexpected achiever of success, the winner was a true sleeper--no one expected him to get it |
sleeper | a spy or saboteur or terrorist planted in an enemy country who lives there as a law-abiding citizen until activated by a prearranged signal |
rough-leaved aster | a variety of aster |
rough-stemmed goldenrod | a variety of goldenrod |
green bristlegrass green foxtail rough bristlegrass bottle-grass bottle grass Setaria viridis | European foxtail naturalized in North America, often a troublesome weed |
rough bindweed Smilax aspera | creeping or climbing evergreen having spiny zigzag stems with shiny leaves and racemes of pale-green flowers, Canary Islands to southern Europe and Ethiopia and India |
singletary pea Caley pea rough pea wild winterpea Lathyrus hirsutus | a weak-stemmed winter annual native to Mediterranean region for long established in southern United States, cultivated as a cover and pasture crop |
scouring rush rough horsetail Equisetum hyemale Equisetum hyemale robustum Equisetum robustum | evergreen erect horsetail with rough-edged stems, formerly used for scouring utensils |
hard time rough sledding | a difficulty that can be overcome with effort, we had a hard time getting here, analysts predicted rough sledding for handset makers |
choppiness roughness rough water | used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather |
rough-dry | dry without smoothing or ironing, rough-dry the laundry |
rough-hew roughcast | hew roughly, without finishing the surface, rough-hew stone or timber |
rough-sand | sand roughly, rough-sand the door before painting it |
rough up | treat violently, The police strong-armed the suspect |
rough in rough rough out | prepare in preliminary or sketchy form |
rough-house | treat in a rough or boisterous manner |
pugnacious rough | ready and able to resort to force or violence, pugnacious spirits...lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance- Herman Melville, they were rough and determined fighting men |
rough-haired | having hair that feels rough |
grating gravelly rasping raspy rough scratchy | unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound, a gravelly voice |
boisterous fierce rough | violently agitated and turbulent, boisterous winds and waves, the fierce thunders roar me their music- Ezra Pound, rough weather, rough seas |
uncut rough | not shaped by cutting or trimming, an uncut diamond, rough gemstones |
rocky rough | full of hardship or trials, the rocky road to success, they were having a rough time |
rough-and-ready | crude but effective for the purpose at hand |
approximate approximative rough | not quite exact or correct, the approximate time wa o'clock, a rough guess, a ballpark estimate |
roughhewn rough-cut | of stone or timber, shaped roughly without finishing |
harsh rough | unkind or cruel or uncivil, had harsh words, a harsh and unlovable old tyrant, a rough answer |
rough-and-tumble bare-knuckle bare-knuckled | characterized by disorderly action and disregard for rules, a rough-and-tumble fight, rough-and-tumble politics, undisguised bare-knuckle capitalism |
harsh rough | unpleasantly stern, wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus, the nomad life is rough and hazardous |
rough | not perfected, a rough draft, a few rough sketches |
coarse common rough-cut uncouth vulgar | lacking refinement or cultivation or taste, he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind, behavior that branded him as common, an untutored and uncouth human being, an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy, appealing to the vulgar taste for violence, the vulgar display of the newly rich |
rough | (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse, she was a diamond in the rough, rough manners |
rough-spoken | rude or uncouth in speech |