lash

¹lash

verb \ˈlash\

Definition of LASH

intransitive verb

1

: to move violently or suddenly : dash

2

: to thrash or beat violently <rain lashed at the windowpanes>

3

: to make a verbal attack or retort —usually used with out

transitive verb

1

a : to whip or fling about violently <the big cat lashed its tail about threateningly>

b : to strike or beat with or as if with a whip <waves lashed the shore>

2

a : to assail with stinging words

b : drive, whip <lashed them into a fury with his fiery speech>

— lash·er noun

Origin of LASH

Middle English

First Known Use: 14th century

Rhymes with LASH

Asch, ash, bash, brash, cache, cash, clash, crash, dash, fash, flash, gash, gnash, hash, mash, pash, plash, rash, sash, slash, smash, splash, stash, thrash, thresh, trash

²lash

noun

Definition of LASH

1

a (1) : a stroke with or as if with a whip (2) : the flexible part of a whip; also : whip

b : punishment by whipping

2

: a beating, whipping, or driving force

3

: a stinging rebuke

4

: eyelash

5

: the clearance or play between adjacent movable mechanical parts

Examples of LASH

1. They gave the sailor 50 lashes for disobeying orders.
2. The disobedient sailors were threatened with the lash.

First Known Use of LASH

14th century

Related to LASH

Synonyms

bang, bash, bat, beat, belt, biff, bop, box, buffet, bust, chop, clap, clip, clout, crack, cuff, dab, douse [British], fillip, hack, haymaker, hit, hook, knock, larrup [dialect], ¹blow, lick, pelt, pick, plump, poke, pound, punch, rap, slam, slap, slug, smack, smash, sock, spank, stinger, stripe, stroke, swat, swipe, switch, thud, thump, thwack, wallop, welt, whack, wham, whop (also whap)

Related Words

counter, counterblow, counterpunch, counterstroke; body blow, hand, kick, knee, left, one-two, rabbit punch, right, right-hander, roundhouse, shiver, sidewinder, sucker punch, swing, uppercut; cruncher, kayo, knockdown, knockout, KO; bastinado (or bastinade), battering, beating, bludgeoning, clobbering, cudgeling (or cudgelling), drubbing, hammering, lambasting, licking, pasting, pounding, pummeling (also pummelling), thrashing; flogging, walloping, whip, whipping

³lash

transitive verb

Definition of LASH

: to bind with or as if with a line

— lash·er noun

Origin of LASH

Middle English lasschyn to lace, from Anglo-French lacer, lasser — more at lace

First Known Use: 1624

lash

noun \ˈlash\   (Medical Dictionary)

Medical Definition of LASH

: eyelash