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Roughing 

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Also said as Ruffing or Rughing this is used like the similar phrases: "Giving Grief" or "Messing With"

Roughing is to harass someone.

Roughing someone up can also be used in a friendly manner such as when you: "Give someone a hard time."

Can include physical contact or simply verbal insults.
Person One: "Will you cut it out?"

Person Two and Three: "We're just roughing you up! Just giving you a hard time!"

Person One: "Whatever"
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Person One: "Just go away!"

Person Two and Three: "Awww poor baby can't handle it?"
Roughing by Red Tail JHawk December 22, 2008
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roughing up the suspect

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A descriptive term for masturbation.
Why do you rough up the suspect? Because you know he's guilty.
roughing up the suspect by Rony February 6, 2003

roughing it

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A term used to describe some form of hard living. Like sleeping in a tent at muddy festival grounds.
I was roughing it the last time I attended Glastonbury. The mud was up to my ears.
roughing it by muzik February 10, 2007

roughing the brady 

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A recent National Football League penalty call. Roughing the Brady occurs when a defensive player makes a now illegal defensive play on league poster boy, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady.

Roughing the Brady entered the league rulebooks after the 2008 NFL season in which Brady suffered a horrific knee injury against the Kansas City Chiefs. Subsequently, Brady was placed on injured reserve and was out for the season.

Concluding the 2008 season, NFL executives strictly sought to prevent teams from making defensive plays exclusively against New England Patriots quarterback, Tom Brady. In short, the proverbial yellow flag is thrown whenever Tom Brady is under extreme duress and is tackled. Afterward, the previous play is stricken and the opposing team is penalized. The particular rationale of this new officiating policy is somewhat unclear... but it is assumed the Patriots owner Robert Kraft and head coach Bill Belichick had a part in the creation of this new penalty call.

At the start of the 2009 NFL season, the league officiating crew put the "Roughing the Brady" call to extensive use. Notably, Week 4 of the 2009 season, with the Baltimore Ravens at New England, the officiating crew stymied several defensive plays made by the archetypal Baltimore defense with the "Roughing the Brady penalty.
Jeff the Titans Fan: What the heck! why is our safety Chris Hope getting fined $10,000.00 for a clean tackle against Tom Brady?

Steve the Titans Fan: Man that game was straight up embarrassing. A complete whitewash! Hell, the refs were calling roughing the Brady all day. Nowadays you ain't allowed to tackle, sack, or force a fumble on Brady. And I thought only the Steelers bribed refs.

Jeff the Titans Fan: That's some bullspit!
roughing the brady by Define Me! October 23, 2009

roughing a punter 

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The practice wherein a gay male prostitute, usually after having been made to feel physically or otherwise humiliated or taken advantage of by a "John," or client, turns the tables and either verbally or physically abuses said client. It may occasionally apply to financial transactions involving the two.
"That guy who gave me $500 for two hours of sex seemed so sweet, but he ended up trying to beat me up, so I put my martial arts knowledge to good use and beat the crap out of him. Nothin' makes me feel better than roughing a punter."
roughing a punter by acrobat19129 January 20, 2009

roughing it like the 90's 

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To go out and about without a cell phone or a lap top.
"My cell phone's broken, I'm gonna be roughing it like the 90's for awhile."

Roughing up the clam 

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Roughing up the clam, Scrubbing the clam, roughing the diamond, playing with yourself, getting off, spending some private time
Roughing up the clam by edenmanon January 22, 2009
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