rough stuff

noun

Informal.

1. violence, as physical assault, torture or shooting.

2. unnecessary violence or infractions of the rules, as in sports.

3. blatant vulgarity or obscenity.

rough stuff

noun

1. informal,  violence

Word History and Origins

Origin of rough stuff¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

I'd say, "Just put this rough stuff out and juxtapose it to some interesting images that you shoot on your cell phone."

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I had done stand-up one time before, so I started doing comedy in L.A. because I was going through so much rough stuff.

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“The Beach Boys” glides pretty smoothly over much of the rough stuff, though it doesn’t try to steer around Dennis’ ill-advised friendship with Charles Manson not long before the Tate-LaBianca murders.

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The gravel and the grass is seeing plenty of action, with Lewis Hamilton is the latest to slide his Mercedes over the rough stuff.

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What the game was lacking in offense, it made up for with some rough stuff.

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