rough-and-tumble vs shrill

rough-and-tumble

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 

verb
  • Engage in rough-and-tumble activity 

shrill

adj
  • Fierce, loud, strident. 

  • Sharp or keen to the senses. 

  • Having a shrill voice. 

  • High-pitched and piercing. 

verb
  • To make a shrill noise. 

noun
  • A shrill sound. 

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