rough-and-tumble vs whirr

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 

whirr

verb
  • To move or vibrate (something) with a buzzing sound. 

  • To make a sibilant buzzing or droning sound. 

  • To cause (something) to make such a sound. 

noun
  • A sibilant buzz or vibration; the sound of something in rapid motion. 

  • A bustle of noise and excitement. 

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