rough-and-tumble vs urge

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 

urge

verb
  • To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward. 

  • To present in an urgent manner; to insist upon. 

  • To put mental pressure on; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion, or importunity. 

  • To press onward or forward. 

  • To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist. 

  • To provoke; to exasperate. 

  • To press hard upon; to follow closely. 

noun
  • A strong desire; an itch to do something. 

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