kick around vs speculate

kick around

verb
  • To abuse or mistreat; to bully; to be rough with. 

  • To wander loose; to float around; to hang around. 

  • To be discussed informally; to be considered. 

noun
  • An informal game of football, rugby or similar sports. 

speculate

verb
  • To make a risky trade in the hope of making a profit; to venture or gamble. 

  • To make an inference based on inconclusive evidence; to surmise or conjecture. 

  • To anticipate which branch of code will be chosen and execute it in advance. 

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