rough-and-tumble vs tug

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 

tug

verb
  • To pull or drag with great effort. 

  • To masturbate. 

  • To tow by tugboat. 

  • To pull hard repeatedly. 

noun
  • A dog toy consisting of a rope, often with a knot in it. 

  • A trace, or drawing strap, of a harness. 

  • A tugboat. 

  • An iron hook of a hoisting tub, to which a tackle is affixed. 

  • A sudden powerful pull. 

  • An act of male masturbation. 

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