Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rough and tumbling

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.22 in modern English

Syllables
rough and -tum-bling
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of rough and tumble

Questions

What does rough and tumbling mean?
present participle and gerund of rough and tumble

How to pronounce rough and tumbling

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