rough-and-tumble vs scrabble

rough-and-tumble

verb
  • Engage in rough-and-tumble activity 

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

  • highly competitive 

noun
  • An environment of rough activity 

  • Rough activity; fighting or brawling; a fight. 

  • A person who characteristically engages in such activity 

scrabble

verb
  • To move with difficulty by making rapid movements back and forth with the hands or paws. 

  • To scrape or scratch powerfully with hands or claws. 

  • To gather hastily. 

  • To scribble. 

  • To mark with irregular lines or letters; to scribble on. 

noun
  • A scramble. 

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