barn dance vs flit

barn dance

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

verb
  • To take part in barn dancing. 

flit

noun
  • A fluttering or darting movement. 

  • A particular, unexpected, short lived change of state. 

verb
  • To move quickly from one location to another. 

  • To move about rapidly and nimbly. 

  • To move house (sometimes a sudden move to avoid debts). 

  • To be unstable; to be easily or often moved. 

  • To move a tethered animal to a new, grazing location. 

  • To unpredictably change state for short periods of time. 

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