mess up vs whank

mess up

verb
  • To manhandle; beat up; rough up. 

  • To damage; injure. 

  • To make a mess of; to untidy, disorder, soil, or muss. 

  • To botch, bungle; to perform poorly on. 

  • To cause a problem with; to introduce an error or mistake in; to make muddled or confused; spoil; ruin. 

  • To cause (another person) to make unwanted mistakes in a given task, usually through distraction or obnoxious behavior. 

  • To make a mistake; to do something incorrectly; to perform poorly. 

  • To discombobulate, utterly confuse, or confound psychologically; to throw into a state of mental disarray. 

whank

verb
  • To beat; to thrash; to whip; to lash. 

  • To cut, especially to cut off a large portion. 

noun
  • A strike with the fist; a blow; a knock. 

  • A large portion, slice or lump. 

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