flowy vs lash

flowy

adj
  • Flowing; able to flow. 

lash

adj
  • Soft, watery, wet. 

  • Excellent, wonderful. 

  • Drunk. 

noun
  • The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given. 

  • A quick and violent sweeping movement, as of an animal's tail; a swish. 

  • A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut. 

  • An attempt; a go at something. 

  • In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure. 

  • A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough, often given as a punishment. 

  • A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash. 

  • Looseness between fitted parts, either intentional (as allowance) or unintentional (from error or wear). 

verb
  • To utter censure or sarcastic language. 

  • To throw out with a jerk or quickly. 

  • To scold; or to satirize; to censure with severity. 

  • To fall heavily, especially in the phrase lash down. 

  • Used in phrasal verbs: lash back, lash out. 

  • To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash. 

  • To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one. 

  • To ply the whip; to strike. 

  • To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten. 

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