verb
Meaning 1
to manhandle or beat up
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The gangsters roughed him up a little.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
rough up
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verb
Meaning 2
To make rough, to roughen (especially doing so to wood while raising the grain)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
treat violently
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The police strong-armed the suspect
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: beat, beat up, work over
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: pahoinpidellä — to manhandle or beat up
- Finnish: murjoa — to manhandle or beat up
- French: malmener — to manhandle or beat up
- French: brutaliser — to manhandle or beat up
- German: derbe malträtieren — to manhandle or beat up
- German: übel zurichten — to manhandle or beat up
- German: zusammenschlagen — to manhandle or beat up
- German: verprügeln — to manhandle or beat up
- Māori: tunuhuruhuru — to manhandle or beat up
- Polish: poniewierać — to manhandle or beat up
- Polish: sponiewierać — to manhandle or beat up
- Polish: maltretować — to manhandle or beat up
- Polish: zmaltretować — to manhandle or beat up
- Russian: побить (pobitʹ) — to manhandle or beat up
- Russian: избить (izbitʹ) — to manhandle or beat up