rough-and-tumble vs smackdown

rough-and-tumble

noun
  • Rough activity; fighting or brawling; a fight. 

  • An environment of rough activity 

  • A person who characteristically engages in such activity 

verb
  • Engage in rough-and-tumble activity 

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

  • highly competitive 

smackdown

noun
  • A physical or emotional confrontation; a battle, a fight; also, a bitter rivalry. 

  • A significant or humiliating setback or defeat; a beating, a thrashing. 

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