hike vs upthrust

hike

verb
  • To pull up or tug upwards sharply. 

  • To take a long walk for pleasure or exercise. 

  • To lean out to the windward side of a sailboat in order to counterbalance the effects of the wind on the sails. 

  • To unfairly or suddenly raise a price. 

  • To snap the ball to start a play. 

noun
  • A long walk, usually for pleasure or exercise. 

  • A sharp upward tug to raise something. 

  • An abrupt increase. 

  • The snap of the ball to start a play. 

intj
  • Let's go; get moving. A command to a dog sled team, given by a musher. 

upthrust

verb
  • To thrust something upwards. 

  • To be thrust upwards. 

noun
  • Buoyancy. 

  • An upward movement of part of the Earth's crust. 

  • An upward thrust. 

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