a bit of rough Definition

bit¹
noun

1. A small piece, part or amount of something.

Thesaurus: fragment, crumb, particle, jot, mite, trifle, scintilla, modicum, speck, pinch, moiety; Antonym: excess, lot.
(Brit)
2. old use
A coin, especially a small coin.
Example: threepenny bit
(N Amer)
3. 12½ cents (ie a quarter, a half, and three-quarters of a dollar, respectively). See also two-bit.

Form: two-bits (only)
Form: four bits
Form: six bits

Idiom: a bit

A short time or distance.
Example: Wait a bit

A little; slightly; rather.
Example: feel a bit of a fool

A lot.
Example: takes a bit of doing

Idiom: a bit much (a bit thick, a bit rich)

colloq
Behaviour that is unacceptable, unreasonable or unfair.

Idiom: a bit of all right

colloq
Someone or something very much approved of.

Idiom: a bit of rough

See under rough.

Idiom: a bit off

(rit)
colloq
Bad manners, taste or behaviour.

Derivative: bit on the side

See separate entry.

Idiom: bit by bit

Gradually; piecemeal.
Thesaurus: gradually, piecemeal, step by step, insidiously; Antonym: wholesale.

Idiom: do one's bit

colloq
To do one's fair share.

Idiom: not a bit (not a bit of it)

Not at all; not to any extent.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon bita in obsolete sense ‘a portion of something bitten off at one time'; see bite.

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rough
adj

1. Said of a surface or texture: not smooth, even or regular.

Thesaurus: irregular, bumpy, jagged, corrugated, gnarled, broken; Antonym: uniform, smooth, level, plane.
2. Said of ground: covered with stones, tall grass, bushes and/or scrub.
3. Said of an animal: covered with shaggy or coarse hair.
4. Said of a sound: harsh or grating.

Example: a rough voice
5. Said of a person's character, behaviour, etc: noisy, coarse or violent.

Thesaurus: rude, coarse, crude, ragged, gross, raw, crass; Antonym: delicate, elegant, refined, urbane.
6. Said of weather, the sea, etc: stormy.

Thesaurus: severe, intense, rigorous, harsh, agitated, violent, fierce, furious, stormy, tempestuous, turbulent, choppy; Antonym: gentle, serene, placid, calm, still.
7. Requiring hard work or considerable physical effort, or involving great difficulty, tension, etc.

Example: a rough day at work
8. Unpleasant and hard for them to bear.

Example: a decision which is rough on the employees
Thesaurus: arduous, strenuous, laborious, trying, difficult, rugged, austere; Antonym: easy, light, lenient.
Form: rough on someone (especially)
9. Said of a guess, calculation, etc: approximate.

Thesaurus: approximate, vague.
10. Not polished or refined.

Example: a rough draft
Thesaurus: unfinished, sketchy, rough-hewn, crude, unpolished, rudimentary, amorphous; Antonym: crafted, perfected, exact.
11. colloq
Slightly unwell and tired, especially because of heavy drinking or lack of sleep.
12. Not well-kept.

Example: lives in a really rough area

noun

1. Rough ground, especially the uncut grass at the side of a golf fairway.

Form: the rough
2. The unpleasant or disagreeable side of something, especially take the rough with the smooth.
3. A rough or crude state.
4. A crude preliminary sketch.
5. A thug or hooligan.

adverb

1. Roughly.

verb

roughed, roughing
1. To make something rough; to roughen.

Derivative: roughish
adj

Somewhat rough.

Derivative: roughly

In a rough way.

Approximately.
Thesaurus: approximately, about, around, more or less, in round numbers.

Derivative: roughness
noun

Idiom: a bit of rough

Someone, especially a man, whose lack of sophistication and coarse manner make them sexually attractive to some people.

Sexual activity that involves a degree of violence.

Idiom: rough it

colloq
To live in a very basic or primitive way, without the usual comforts of life one is accustomed to.

Idiom: sleep rough

To sleep in the open without proper shelter.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon ruh.

Phrasal Verb: rough something in

To outline or sketch it in roughly.

Phrasal Verb: rough something out

To do a preliminary sketch of it or give a preliminary explanation of it.

Phrasal Verb: rough someone up

To beat them up.