brickbat vs swipe

brickbat

noun
  • A criticism or uncomplimentary remark. 

  • A piece of brick used as a weapon, especially if thrown, or placed in something like a sock and used as a club. 

verb
  • To assail with criticism. 

  • To attack by throwing brickbats. 

swipe

noun
  • An attack, insult or critical remark. 

  • A quick grab, bat, or other motion with the hand or paw; a sweep. 

  • A rough guess; an estimate or swag. 

  • An act of passing a swipecard through a card reader. 

  • An act of interacting with a touch screen by drawing the finger rapidly across it. 

  • Poor, weak beer or other inferior alcoholic beverage; rotgut. 

  • A strong blow given with a sweeping motion, as with a bat or club. 

verb
  • To scan or register by sliding (a swipecard etc.) through a reader. 

  • To steal or snatch. 

  • To strike with a strong blow in a sweeping motion. 

  • To interact with a touch screen by drawing one's finger rapidly across it. 

  • To grab or bat quickly. 

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