rough-and-tumble vs slouch

rough-and-tumble

noun
  • A person who characteristically engages in such activity 

  • An environment of rough activity 

  • Rough activity; fighting or brawling; a fight. 

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

  • highly competitive 

verb
  • Engage in rough-and-tumble activity 

slouch

noun
  • Someone who is slow to act. 

  • Any depression or hanging down, as of a hat brim. 

  • A hanging down of the head; a drooping posture; a limp appearance 

verb
  • To hang or droop; to adopt a limp posture 

  • To walk in a clumsy, lazy manner. 

  • To cause to hang down or droop; to depress. 

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