Definition of rough around the edges
rough around the edges
adjective
- having not mastered a subject.
The new employee is still a little rough around the edges.
Last edited on Aug 21 2012. Submitted by Gordon from University Park, USA on Feb 12 2003.
- not perfect.
I finished it, but it's still a little rough around the edges.
Last edited on Aug 21 2012. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 21 2012.
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Other terms relating to 'around': | |
| Definitions include: the bathroom. | |
| Definitions include: one's home neighborhood. | |
| Definitions include: to waste time. | |
| Definitions include: to delay in getting to the point. | |
| Definitions include: experienced. | |
| Definitions include: to be lazy. | |
| Definitions include: to act like a clown; to joke. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "cash rules everything around me". | |
| Definitions include: to cruise (drive) around. | |
| Definitions include: to be joking. | |
| Definitions include: to spend time on a non-productive activity; "waste time". | |
| Definitions include: to waste time, to mess around. | |
| Definitions include: to intentionally show off an item. | |
| Definitions include: to engage in intimate sexual activities; "mess around". | |
| Definitions include: to cheat on one's significant other. | |
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Other terms relating to 'edge': | |
| Definitions include: at the forefront. | |
| Definitions include: at the forefront. | |
| Definitions include: The pinnacle of very cool, excellent, outstanding, or awesome. | |
| Definitions include: drunk. | |
| Definitions include: to go crazy. | |
| Definitions include: to decline in a particular skill. | |
| Definitions include: nervous. | |
| Definitions include: A way of life developed by Minor Threat, referring to a person who resists mind-altering substances, such as alcohol, cigarettes, and marijuana, and also does not engage in premarital sex. | |
Other terms relating to 'rough': | |
| Definitions include: to go through a rough patch, i.e. a difficult time. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "rough as fuck", i.e. unattractive. | |
| Definitions include: to steal, pocket, keep. | |
| Definitions include: tough. | |
| Definitions include: to play roughly. | |
| Definitions include: to go without comforts, e.g. running water. | |
| Definitions include: an oil well worker. | |
| Definitions include: a difficult time. | |
| Definitions include: rough male homosexual sex. | |
| Definitions include: to beat up. | |
| Definitions include: a term for male masturbation. | |
Other terms relating to 'the': | |
| Definitions include: walking, generally as opposed to driving. | |
| Definitions include: interrogation. | |
| Definitions include: extremely intoxicated | |
| Definitions include: information. | |
| Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting. | |
| Definitions include: a good estimate. | |
| Definitions include: a secret advantage. | |
| Definitions include: Inclusive | |
| Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse. | |
| Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing. | |
| Definitions include: of a male, to urinate. | |
| Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner. | |
| Definitions include: meaning caring about everything. | |
| Definitions include: extremely popular. | |
| Definitions include: taking a passive role. | |
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