prang vs shimmy

prang

noun
  • An accident involving a motor vehicle, typically minor and without casualties. 

  • A type of tower or spire featured in some Buddhist temples of Cambodia and Thailand. 

  • Crack cocaine. 

verb
  • To crash; to have an accident while controlling a vehicle. 

  • To damage (the vehicle one is driving) in an accident; to have a minor collision with (another motor vehicle). 

shimmy

noun
  • An abnormal vibration, especially in the wheels of a vehicle. 

  • A dance that was popular in the 1920s. 

  • A dance movement involving thrusting the shoulders back and forth alternately. 

  • A sleeveless chemise. 

verb
  • To vibrate abnormally, as a broken wheel. 

  • To shake the body as if dancing the shimmy. 

  • To perform a shimmy (dance movement involving thrusting the shoulders back and forth alternately). 

  • To move across a narrow ledge, either by hanging from it or by strafing on it along the wall. 

  • To climb something (e.g. a pole) gradually (e.g. using alternately one's arms then one's legs). 

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