birched

verb

past tense of birch
1
as in whipped
to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible students at the private school were once routinely birched for violating the rules

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2
as in licked
to strike repeatedly always a stern disciplinarian, our father birched anyone who talked back

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for birched
  1. whipped
  2. licked
  3. slashed
  4. lashed
  5. flogged
  6. pounded
  7. thrashed
  8. battered
Verb
  • Cheese foam is a smooth and slightly salty whipped foam topping popular in boba drinks.
    — Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Outside a fierce storm lashed down, wind whipped against the wood planks, thunder shook the ground, water streamed through cracks and floated into the shack.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of whipped
Verb
  • Tuxedo kitten Paolina bounced onto my chest and licked my fingers.
    — Solvej Schou, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Her entire face got licked clean off her head when suburban floodwaters breached the cardboard hull protecting Kath’s basement memorabilia stack a few months before I was born.
    — Claire Carusillo, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of licked
Verb
  • Keshad Johnson weighs in In moving from a standard contract to a two-way contract, Heat forward Keshad Johnson is seeing his salary slashed from last season’s $2 million to $678,882 — a 66% cut.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The Vaccine Integrity Project said last fall’s COVID-19 shots cut the risk of hospitalization by 53% in seniors and slashed emergency room visits for very young children.
    — Lauran Neergaard, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of slashed
Verb
  • Last month, Trump lashed out on coverage of poll results, which have been sagging in the 30s as Republicans seek to retain control of Congress.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Outside a fierce storm lashed down, wind whipped against the wood planks, thunder shook the ground, water streamed through cracks and floated into the shack.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of lashed
Verb
  • The same day that the nanny allegedly beat Walter, other caregivers slapped and flogged his siblings, including with shoes and wooden sticks.
    — Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 11 May 2026
  • The media flagged and flogged it for AI incompetence.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 25 Jan. 2026
Definition of flogged
Verb
  • Russia pounded Kyiv for more than 12 hours in a sixth straight night of attacks, killing at least 12 people including six railway workers and an Indian citizen, and devastating civilian districts.
    — Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Floods of ‘destructive force’ blast through the canyon As the rain pounded the canyon Saturday, park officials received an alert from the National Weather Service warning of flash flooding in the area.
    — Holly Yan, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of pounded
Verb
  • With a body thrashed by occupational hazards, Hsu, who is forty-four, orients his life nowadays around running Sci-Fi Fantasy, his skate company, and roaming the city to take pictures.
    — Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The flooding on the canyon floor started Saturday afternoon after waves of rainfall thrashed Bright Angel Canyon and Phantom Ranch – the only lodging under the rim of the Grand Canyon.
    — Maria Aguilar Prieto, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of thrashed
Verb
  • Kevin Fujii / Honolulu Civil Beat via AP Other islands were also battered, including Oahu, where maximum wind gusts topped 50 mph.
    — Liz Kreutz, NBC news, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The wealthy city’s economy was also battered by a financial crisis that swept across Asia.
    — Kanis Leung, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of battered
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