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Meaning of "roughies" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ROUGHIES

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ROUGHIES

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Roughies is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ROUGHIES

rough-hewn
rough-legged buzzard
rough-spoken
roughage
roughback
roughcast
roughcaster
roughen
roughened
rougher
roughhouse
roughhousing
roughie
roughish
roughleg
roughly
roughneck
roughness
roughrider
roughshod

WORDS THAT END LIKE ROUGHIES

antipathies
atrophies
autobiographies
bibliographies
biographies
dinghies
duchies
geographies
hierarchies
iconographies
monarchies
munchies
oligarchies
philosophies
smithies
smoothies
sympathies
the munchies
topographies
trophies

Synonyms and antonyms of roughies in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «roughies» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ROUGHIES

Find out the translation of roughies to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of roughies from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «roughies» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

roughies
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Roughies
570 millions of speakers

English

roughies
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

roughies
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

roughies
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

roughies
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Roughies
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

roughies
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Roughies
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kasar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Roughies
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

roughies
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

roughies
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Roughies
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

roughies
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

roughies
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खोडकरपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

roughies
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Roughies
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

roughies
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

roughies
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

roughies
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

roughies
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

roughies
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

roughies
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

roughies
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of roughies

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ROUGHIES»

The term «roughies» is used very little and occupies the 161.938 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ROUGHIES» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «roughies» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «roughies» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about roughies

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ROUGHIES»

Discover the use of roughies in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to roughies and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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New Zealand Journal of Zoology
INTRODUCTION Roughies (family Trachichthyidae) are marine fishes »ith deep, laterally compressed bodies. The head is large, and bears an elaborate muciferous canal system; its large mucous cavities are covered with very thin or thick ...
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Weekly World News
That's why I created Roughies. By dicing the fruit, less surface area is exposed, preserving 80 percent more of the vitamins." Once the fruit has been diced, it's dumped into a cup which is then filled with distilled water. "The water softens the fruit ...
3
The History of Sex in American Film
In three new subgenres—roughies, kinkies, and ghoulies—punishment became more violent and central to the films' story lines. In roughies, titles such as The Defilers (1965), Bad Girls Go to Hell (1965), and Hot Spur (1968) raised viewers'  ...
Jody W. Pennington, 2007
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Ghosts of the Waikato
I had been working here long enough to know that you didn't want to piss off the orange roughies. Almost all the interns tried their pompous 'I'm a doctor and you' re just dirt on my feet' routine with the orange roughies. That approach did not ...
Wayne Palmer, 2011
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From the Arthouse to the Grindhouse: Highbrow and Lowbrow ...
The roughies, as they were known, used suspense, violence, and torture instead of the giddy gore of the splatter shockers. The sapless, comic males of the nudiecuties were replaced by vicious misogynists with degradation, rather than ...
John Cline, Robert G. Weiner, 2010
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A Field Guide to Coastal Fishes: From Maine to Texas
Family trachichthyidae - roughies Roughies are deep-bodied with large mucous cavities and sensory canals on the head. The cavities may be visible through the skin. Head is large, snout is short. Preopercle has a triangular spine at corner.
Valerie A. Kells, Kent Carpenter, 2011
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Field Guide to Seafood: How to Identify, Select, and Prepare ...
Because orange roughies live in such cold and highly pressurized water, they reproduce slowly and are high ly susceptible to overfishing. With their moderate oi content, they resist drying out when cooked and are suited to most cooking ...
Aliza Green, 2007
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The English dialect dictionary, being the complete ...
SeeRough,adj.l Sc. Laying the roughies to keep the cauld wind free you, ye desperate do-nae-good, Scot-r Guy M. (1815) liv. 2. A link; a torch, esp. the torch used in 'leistering' salmon; awiclt clo gcd with tallow instead ofbeing dipped. So.
Joseph Wright
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Guy Mannering: Or, the Astrologer
l'm weel convinced Gabriel drapped the roughies -f in the water on purpose — he doesna like to see ony body do a thing better than hlIIlS(§ll.» ' The barbs of the spear. 'I- When dry splinters, or branches, are used as fuel to supply the light for ...
Walter Scott, 1831
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THE MAD PROFESSOR OF BABELDU
Rough-and-ready—crude and vigorous in behaviour, people lack polished manners to trade with you and so trade roughies and rough tackles. You need to trade roughies and rough tackles with them to survive. The struggle for survivable  ...
Adamu Kyuka Usman Lilymjok, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ROUGHIES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term roughies is used in the context of the following news items.
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Sargent: Oaks crown ripe for the roughies
OAKS training legend John Sargent and Queensland Oaks champion jockey Tim Bell agree Saturday's Group 1 staying test is ripe for the picking by roughies. «Fox Sports, May 15»
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Queensland Oaks 2015: John Sargent adamant fillies' classic is ripe …
OAKS training legend John Sargent and Queensland Oaks champion jockey Tim Bell agree Saturday's Group 1 staying test is ripe for the picking by roughies. «Courier Mail, May 15»
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Catty turns tables on Palmerton, rallies for 4-3 playoff win
Catty had all the answers in posting a 4-3 Colonial League quarterfinal-round win over the Blue Bombers at Allentown's Patriots Park to send the Roughies into ... «Allentown Morning Call, May 15»
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Catty softball team has a big weekend in store after beating …
When the Tigers and Roughies met at Catty on April 11, it was a 12-10 slugfest. The Roughies won the game on a three-run home run by Lexi Ayache with two ... «Allentown Morning Call, May 15»
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Greyhound racing's best bets, roughies and exotics: April 17 2015
AS THE working week draws to a close, there is some excellent greyhound racing action commencing tonight including the Group 2 Maitland Gold Cup in the ... «Australian Racing Greyhound.com, Apr 15»
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Roughies Revealed - The Slug
'The Slug Strikes back!' That's what I'm hoping to see as front page news on Racing.com on Sunday following what will surely be a decent day on the punt this ... «Racing.com, Apr 15»
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Don't discount Lindsay Park roughies
Lindsay Park has almost pulled off two Group 1 wins with 100-1 pops in the past three weeks and David Hayes has not ruled out going close to another this ... «Racing.com, Mar 15»
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2015 Asian Cup: Palestine, North Korea and Kuwait, the roughies
Sixteen teams are battling it out to take the Asian Cup home, but there are three teams that will struggle to do anything but make up the numbers. North Korea «The Roar, Jan 15»
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Dark horses: best roughies for 2015's biggest events
Here are the roughies you should keep an eye on in 2015. (Greig Johnston is a sub-standard punter, and this should be given consideration when deciding ... «The New Daily, Dec 14»
10
2014 Cox Plate: Horses that could cause a boilover
Without any further ado, here are my top roughies for the Cox Plate. Wandjina Wasn't really pushed into calculations until an eye-catching run in the Caulfield ... «The Roar, Oct 14»

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