brickbat vs catcall

brickbat

verb
  • To assail with criticism. 

  • To attack by throwing brickbats. 

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

  • A criticism or uncomplimentary remark. 

catcall

verb
  • To make such an exclamation. 

noun
  • A shout or whistle expressing dislike, especially from a crowd or audience; a jeer, a boo. 

  • A whistle blown by a theatre-goer to express disapproval. 

  • A shout, whistle, or comment of a sexual nature, usually made toward a passing woman. 

  • In the Eiffel programming language, a run-time error caused by use of the wrong data type. 

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