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present tense third-person singular of cowhide
Synonyms of cowhides
(Entry 1 of 2)
to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible
- was cowhiding the horse until a police officer intervened
Synonyms for cowhides
Words Related to cowhides
- bangs,
- bops,
- boxes,
- busts,
- claps,
- clips,
- clobbers,
- clouts,
- cracks,
- cuffs,
- hits,
- knocks,
- lams,
- pastes,
- punches,
- slaps,
- slugs,
- smacks,
- smites,
- socks,
- spanks,
- swats,
- swipes,
- thwacks,
- wallops,
- whacks
- bashes,
- bastes,
- bats,
- batters,
- beats,
- belabors,
- belts,
- bludgeons,
- buffets,
- bungs,
- drubs,
- fibs
- [British],
- hammers,
- laces,
- lambastes
- (or lambasts),
- lathers,
- licks,
- mangles,
- mauls,
- paddles,
- pelts,
- pommels,
- pounds,
- pummels,
- roughs,
- slates,
- slogs,
- threshes,
- thumps,
- tromps,
- whops
- (or whaps),
- whups,
- works over
cowhides
noun
plural of cowhide
Synonyms of cowhides (Entry 2 of 2)
1
as in straps, rattans
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for cowhides
- birches,
- blacksnakes,
- bullwhips,
- cat-o'-nine-tails,
- crops,
- hickories,
- knouts,
- quirts,
- rattans,
- rawhides,
- straps
- bastinadoes
- (or bastinades),
- batons,
- bats,
- billies,
- billy clubs,
- bludgeons,
- canes,
- clubs,
- cudgels,
- flails,
- nightsticks,
- staffs
- (or staves)
2
as in calfskins, deerskins
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for cowhides
- alligators,
- antelope
- (or antelopes),
- buckskins,
- cabrettas,
- calfskins,
- capeskins,
- chamois
- (also chamoix),
- cordovans,
- crocodiles,
- deerskins,
- doeskins,
- goatskins,
- horsehides,
- kids,
- kidskins,
- lambskins,
- moroccos,
- ostriches,
- pigskins,
- seals,
- sharkskins,
- sheepskins,
- snakeskins
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“Cowhides.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cowhides. Accessed 18 Oct. 2021.
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