rough-and-tumble vs thumping

rough-and-tumble

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

  • An environment of rough activity 

  • A person who characteristically engages in such activity 

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

  • highly competitive 

verb
  • Engage in rough-and-tumble activity 

thumping

noun
  • A beating. 

  • A dull, heavy sound. 

  • A heavy defeat. 

adj
  • Exceptional in some degree. 

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