toss vs tumble

toss

verb
  • To masturbate 

  • To subject to trials; to harass. 

  • To lift with a sudden or violent motion. 

  • To flip a coin, to decide a point of contention. 

  • To discard; to throw away. 

  • To search (a room or a cell), sometimes leaving visible disorder, as for valuables or evidence of a crime. 

  • To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion. 

  • To drink in large draughts; to gulp. 

  • To vomit. 

  • To throw with an initial upward direction. 

  • To agitate; to make restless. 

  • To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean, or as a ship in heavy seas. 

  • To peak (the oars), to lift them from the rowlocks and hold them perpendicularly, the handle resting on the bottom of the boat. 

  • To stir or mix (a salad). 

noun
  • A throw, a lob, of a ball etc., with an initial upward direction, particularly with a lack of care. 

  • A jot, in the phrase 'give a toss'. 

  • concern or consideration. 

  • The coin toss before a cricket match in order to decide who bats first, or before a football match in order to decide the direction of play. 

  • A state of agitation; commotion. 

  • A measure of sprats. 

  • A haughty throwing up of the head. 

tumble

verb
  • To have sexual intercourse. 

  • To smoothe and polish, e.g., gemstones or pebbles, by means of a rotating tumbler. 

  • To muss, to make disorderly; to tousle or rumple. 

  • To obscure the audit trail of funds by means of a tumbler. 

  • To perform gymnastics such as somersaults, rolls, and handsprings. 

  • To fall end over end; to roll over and over. 

  • To move or rush in a headlong or uncontrolled way. 

  • To drop rapidly. 

noun
  • A fall, especially end over end. 

  • An act of sexual intercourse. 

  • A disorderly heap. 

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