rough-and-tumble vs wham

rough-and-tumble

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 

verb
  • Engage in rough-and-tumble activity 

wham

noun
  • the sound of such a blow; a thud 

  • a forceful blow 

verb
  • to strike or smash (into) something with great force or impact 

intj
  • Used to indicate something sudden, unanticipated, and dramatic has occurred. 

  • The sound of a forceful blow. 

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