horsewhip

horse·whip

verb \ˈhȯrs-ˌwip, ˈhȯrs-ˌhwip\

Definition of HORSEWHIP

transitive verb

: 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

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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