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 |
| draft rough drawing | a preliminary sketch of a design or picture |
| ready-made | a manufactured artifact (as a garment or piece of furniture) that is made in advance and available for purchase, their apartment was furnished with ready-mades |
| ready-to-wear | ready-made clothing, she couldn't find anything in ready-to-wear that she liked |
reckoner
ready reckoner | a handbook of tables used to facilitate computation |
| rough cut | the first print of a movie after preliminary editing |
| ready-mix | a commercial preparation containing most of the ingredients for a dish |
| 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 () |
| 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 |
ready cash
cold cash
ready money | money in the form of cash that is readily available, his wife was always a good source of ready cash, he paid cold cash for the TV set |
| ready | poised for action, their guns were at the ready |
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 |
fix prepare
set up ready
gear up
set | make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc, Get the children ready for school!, prepare for war, I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill |
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 |
cook
fix
ready
make prepare | prepare for eating by applying heat, Cook me dinner, please, can you make me an omelette?, fix breakfast for the guests, please |
rough in
rough rough out | prepare in preliminary or sketchy form |
| rough-house | treat in a rough or boisterous manner |
handy
ready to hand(p) | easy to reach, found a handy spot for the can opener |
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 |
| ready(a) | (of especially money) immediately available, he seems to have ample ready money, a ready source of cash |
| 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 |
| ready-cooked | cooked in such a way as to be ready for sale |
| uncut rough | not shaped by cutting or trimming, an uncut diamond, rough gemstones |
| ready-made | made for purchase and immediate use |
off-the-rack
off-the-shelf
off-the-peg
ready-to-wear | (especially of clothing) made in standard sizes and available from merchandise in stock, a ready-made jacket, ready-to-wear clothes |
| ready-to-eat | food products that are prepared in advance and can be eaten as sold |
| ready-made | commercially produced, not homemade, ready-made clothes |
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 |
quick
ready | apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity, a quick mind, a ready wit |
harsh
rough | unkind or cruel or uncivil, had harsh words, a harsh and unlovable old tyrant, a rough answer |
active
combat-ready
fighting(a) | engaged in or ready for military or naval operations, on active duty, the platoon is combat-ready, review the fighting forces |