Synonyms of horsewhips

horsewhips

verb

present tense third-person singular of horsewhip

as in whips

to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible

the pirate captain threatened to horsewhip any of his crew who questioned his orders

Synonyms & Similar Words

• whips
• hides
• slashes
• leathers
• lashes
• flagellates
• cowhides
• flicks
• spanks
• flogs
• tans
• thrashes
• birches
• flails
• slaps
• scourges
• quirts
• rawhides
• switches
• licks
• punches
• whales
• mauls
• hits
• bats
• cuts
• straps
• knocks
• bangs
• clips
• smacks
• canes
• knouts
• pounds
• cudgels
• whacks
• swipes
• claps
• blackjacks
• beats
• pelts
• cuffs
• swats
• boxes
• thumps
• bludgeons
• socks
• clubs
• pommels
• pistol-whips
• clouts
• hammers
• slugs
• thwacks
• belts
• paddles
• threshes
• pummels
• wallops
• mangles
• batters
• laces
• smites
• bashes
• lathers
• cracks
• lams
• buffets
• touches up
• pastes
• slates
• clobbers
• busts
• whups
• drubs
• bastes
• works over
• bungs
• bops
• roughs
• lambastes
• belabors
• whaps
• fustigates
• tromps
• lambasts
• fibs
• slogs
• whops