crosscut vs tug

crosscut

noun
  • A crosscut saw. 

  • A crosswise cut. 

  • A shortcut. 

  • A level driven across the course of a vein, or across the main workings, as from one gangway to another. 

  • An instance of filmic crosscutting. 

verb
  • To cut (wood, lumber) across the grain. 

  • To cut across something. 

  • To cut repeatedly between two concurrent scenes. 

tug

noun
  • A trace, or drawing strap, of a harness. 

  • A dog toy consisting of a rope, often with a knot in it. 

  • A tugboat. 

  • An iron hook of a hoisting tub, to which a tackle is affixed. 

  • A sudden powerful pull. 

  • An act of male masturbation. 

verb
  • To masturbate. 

  • To tow by tugboat. 

  • To pull or drag with great effort. 

  • To pull hard repeatedly. 

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