putter vs rough-and-tumble

putter

noun
  • A person who is taking a putt or putting. 

  • A shot-putter. 

  • One who puts or places. 

  • A golf club specifically intended for a putt. 

  • One who pushes the small wagons in a coal mine. 

verb
  • To be active, but not excessively busy, at a task or a series of tasks. 

  • To produce intermittent bursts of sound in the course of operating. 

rough-and-tumble

noun
  • A person who characteristically engages in such activity 

  • An environment of rough activity 

  • Rough activity; fighting or brawling; a fight. 

adj
  • active, vigorous and rough, with the possibility of harm 

  • highly competitive 

verb
  • Engage in rough-and-tumble activity 

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