rough-and-tumble vs shave

rough-and-tumble

verb
  • Engage in rough-and-tumble activity 

noun
  • An environment of rough activity 

  • Rough activity; fighting or brawling; a fight. 

  • A person who characteristically engages in such activity 

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

  • highly competitive 

shave

verb
  • To skim along or near the surface of; to pass close to, or touch lightly, in passing. 

  • To make (the head, skin etc.) bald or (the hair) shorter by using a tool such as a razor or electric clippers to cut the hair close to the skin. 

  • To cut anything in this fashion. 

  • To remove hair from one's face by this means. 

  • To cut finely, as with slices of meat. 

  • To reduce in size or weight. 

noun
  • A thin slice; a shaving. 

  • A hand tool consisting of a sharp blade with a handle at each end; a spokeshave. 

  • An instance of shaving. 

  • A narrow miss or escape; a close shave. 

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