twirl vs whank

twirl

noun
  • A little twist of some substance; a swirl. 

  • A movement where a person spins round elegantly; a pirouette. 

  • Any rotating movement; a spin. 

  • A prison guard. 

verb
  • To twist round. 

  • To pitch. 

  • To rotate rapidly. 

  • To perform a twirl. 

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 twirl and whank occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )