writhe vs zig

writhe

verb
  • To twist, wring (something). 

  • To twist bodily; to contort one's self; to be distorted. 

  • To extort. 

  • To contort (a part of the body). 

noun
  • A contortion. 

  • The number of negative crossings subtracted from the number of positive crossings in a knot 

zig

verb
  • To make such a turn. 

noun
  • A sudden or sharp turn or change of direction. 

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