rough-and-ready



rough-and-ready

 
1. strong, active, and ready for anything. John is not exactly rough-and-ready, but he is a moderately good athlete. Ralph is very rough-and-ready, but his table manners are very bad.
2. Go to rough-and-tumble.

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
TraceTRAYSEnglish
JannetteJAN-ət, jə-NETEnglish
Irynaee-RI-nahUkrainian
Dubaku-Western African, Akan
FlÁVia-Portuguese
LĖJa-Lithuanian