cracking vs dandy

cracking

adj
  • Great. 

  • Enjoyable. 

  • That cracks; that produces a sharp sound as of something splitting or breaking. 

adv
  • Very, usually associated with praise. 

noun
  • The formation of cracks on a surface. 

  • The thermal decomposition of a substance, especially that of crude petroleum in order to produce petrol / gasoline. 

  • The production of a crack sound. 

dandy

adj
  • Excellent; first-rate. 

  • Like a dandy, foppish. 

  • Very good; better than expected but not as good as could be. 

noun
  • A man very concerned about his physical appearance, refined language, and leisurely hobbies, pursued with the appearance of nonchalance in a cult of self. 

  • A yawl, or a small after-sail on a yawl. 

  • A dandy roller. 

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