horsewhip

horse·whip

transitive verb \ˈhȯrs-ˌwip, ˈhȯrs-ˌhwip\

Definition of HORSEWHIP

: to flog with or as if with a whip made to be used on a horse

— horse·whip·per noun

Examples of HORSEWHIP

1. He thinks that any government official who steals public money should be horsewhipped.
2. <the cruel guards promptly horsewhipped the prisoners if they collapsed under the heavy loads they were forced to carry>

First Known Use of HORSEWHIP

1751

Related to HORSEWHIP

Synonyms

birch, cowhide, flagellate, flail, flog, hide, whip, lash, leather, rawhide, scourge, slash, switch, tan, thrash, whale

Related Words

knout, quirt, strap; cut; flick, touch up; blackjack, cane, club, cudgel, fustigate; pistol-whip; bang, bop, box, bust, clap, clip, clobber, clout, crack, cuff, hit, knock, lam, paste, punch, slap, slug, smack, smite, sock, spank, swat, swipe, thwack, wallop, whack; bash, baste, bat, batter, beat, belabor, belt, bludgeon, buffet, bung, drub, fib [British], hammer, lace, lambaste (or lambast), lather, lick, mangle, maul, paddle, pelt, pommel, pound, pummel, rough, slate, slog, thresh, thump, tromp, whop (or whap), whup, work over

Rhymes with HORSEWHIP

airship, airstrip, atrip, backflip, blue-chip, call slip, catnip, chiefship, cleft lip, clerkship, corn chip, courtship, cowslip, deanship, death grip, drag strip, dress ship, ear clip, equip, felt-tip, fieldstrip, field trip, filmstrip, fireship, flagship, foul tip, friendship, frostnip, guildship, guilt-trip, gunship, half-slip, handgrip, hardship, harelip, headship, inclip, judgeship, jump ship, kingship, kinship, landslip, let rip, lightship, longship, lordship, Mendip, nonslip, outstrip, oxlip, palship, pink slip, pip-pip, princeship, Q-ship, queenship, roach clip, road trip, rose hip, round-trip, saintship, sales slip, sea whip, sideslip, spaceship, starship, steamship, storeship, strike-slip, take ship, tall ship, thaneship, township, transship, troopship, unship, unzip, V-chip, wardship, warship, white chip, wing tip