barn dance vs dive

barn dance

verb
  • To take part in barn dancing. 

noun
  • A type of set step routine dancing, such as square dance. 

dive

verb
  • To undertake with enthusiasm. 

  • To deliberately fall down after a challenge, imitating being fouled, in the hope of getting one's opponent penalised. 

  • To descend sharply or steeply. 

  • To cause to descend, dunk; to plunge something into water. 

  • To jump headfirst toward the ground or into another substance. 

  • To swim under water. 

  • To explore by diving; to plunge into. 

  • To plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore. 

  • To jump into water head-first. 

noun
  • A downward swooping motion. 

  • A swim under water. 

  • A jump or plunge into water. 

  • Aerial descent with the nose pointed down. 

  • A deliberate fall after a challenge. 

  • A decline. 

  • A seedy bar, nightclub, etc. 

  • A headfirst jump toward the ground or into another substance. 

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