n.
Function: noun
Date: 15th century
1 : uneven ground covered with high grass, brush, and stones specifically : such ground bordering a golf fairway
2 : the rugged or disagreeable side or aspect <hiking-camping admirers of nature in the rough ― Eleanor Stirling>
3 a : something in a crude, unfinished, or preliminary state b : broad outline : general terms <the question ⋯ has been discussed in rough ― Manchester Guardian Weekly > c : a hasty preliminary drawing or layout
4 : ROWDY