thrash vs whank

thrash

noun
  • A beat or blow; the sound of beating. 

  • thrash metal 

verb
  • To defeat utterly. 

  • To extensively test a software system, giving a program various inputs and observing the behavior and outputs that result. 

  • In computer architecture, to cause or undergo poor performance of a virtual memory (or paging) system. 

  • To move about wildly or violently; to flail; to labour. 

  • To beat mercilessly. 

  • To thresh. 

whank

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

  • A large portion, slice or lump. 

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

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

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