rough-and-tumble vs thump

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 

thump

verb
  • To hit (someone or something) as if to make a thump. 

  • To throb with a muffled rhythmic sound. 

  • To cause to make a thumping sound. 

  • To thud or pound. 

noun
  • A blow that produces a muffled sound. 

  • The sound of such a blow; a thud. 

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