kicking vs rough-and-tumble

kicking

noun
  • The action of the verb to kick. 

  • A great loss or defeat; licking. 

  • A violent assault involving repeated kicks. 

  • A performance art that is a mix of dance footwork, acrobatic maneuver, and martial arts kicks, drawn from a variety of disciplines. Used in stage dance choreography and staged fight choreography. 

adj
  • Actively ongoing and enjoyable. 

  • Terrific, great (of clothes) smart, fashionable. 

  • Alive, active (especially in the phrase alive and kicking). 

rough-and-tumble

noun
  • Rough activity; fighting or brawling; a fight. 

  • An environment of rough activity 

  • A person who characteristically engages in such activity 

verb
  • Engage in rough-and-tumble activity 

adj
  • active, vigorous and rough, with the possibility of harm 

  • highly competitive 

How often have the words kicking and rough-and-tumble occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )