thwack vs whale on

thwack

verb
  • To beat. 

  • To hit with a flat implement. 

  • To fill to overflow. 

noun
  • The act of thwacking; a strike or blow, especially with a flat implement. 

  • A heavy slapping sound. 

whale on

verb
  • To beat heavily on anything. 

  • To strike an opponent heavily and repeatedly in a fight. 

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