thrash around vs wriggle

thrash around

wriggle

noun
  • A wriggling movement. 

verb
  • To twist one's body to and fro with short, writhing motions; to squirm. 

  • To cause something to wriggle. 

  • To use crooked or devious means. 

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