rough-and-tumble vs veer

rough-and-tumble

noun
  • An environment of rough activity 

  • Rough activity; fighting or brawling; a fight. 

  • 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 

veer

noun
  • A turn or swerve; an instance of veering. 

verb
  • To shift in a clockwise direction (if in the Northern Hemisphere, or in a counterclockwise direction if in the Southern Hemisphere). 

  • To change direction or course suddenly; to swerve. 

  • To shift aft. 

  • To change direction into the wind; to wear ship. 

  • To turn. 

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