knead vs rough-and-tumble

knead

noun
  • The act of kneading something. 

verb
  • To mix thoroughly; form into a homogeneous compound. 

  • To treat or form as if by kneading; to beat. 

  • To work and press into a mass, usually with the hands; especially, to work, as by repeated pressure with the knuckles, into a well mixed mass, the materials of bread, cake, etc. 

  • Of cats, to make an alternating pressing motion with the two front paws. 

rough-and-tumble

noun
  • A person who characteristically engages in such activity 

  • An environment of rough activity 

  • Rough activity; fighting or brawling; a fight. 

verb
  • Engage in rough-and-tumble activity 

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

  • highly competitive 

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