rough-and-tumble(n = noun.act) dogfight, hassle, scuffle, tussle - disorderly fighting;
is a kind of combat, fight, fighting, scrap
rough-and-tumble(s = adj.all) bare-knuckle, bare-knuckled - characterized by disorderly action and disregard for rules; "a rough-and-tumble fight"; "rough-and-tumble politics"; "undisguised bare-knuckle capitalism"