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knout

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verb

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Noun
  • The sedate throwing of flowers erupted into a fistfight, a ministampede and people lashed with whips and riding quirts.
    John MacCormack, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Apr. 2018
Verb
  • Laser Module – Add engraving and cutting capabilities for materials from wood and acrylic to leather.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Mirrors have a patina, coffee tables are leathered and trunk-like.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Looking through sketchbooks of Kaish’s time at MacDowell, Fisher found many drawings of the flowers and birch trees that would have surrounded her.
    Grace Edquist, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The display features a larger-than-life horse sculpture trotting through birch trees created from piano keys.
    Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Speccie’s star columnist is the rudest man in Christendom, the Godzilla of contumely, an all-time non-sufferer of fools who horsewhips his targets the way Hunter S. Thompson and Christopher Hitchens once did.
    Kyle Smith, National Review, 23 Apr. 2020
  • In reality, Watson wasn’t a bar fighter or famous for horsewhipping cowboys.
    Eliza McGraw, Smithsonian, 12 Mar. 2018
Noun
  • These clogs feature an adjustable hook-and-loop closure on the ankle strap and a round, spacious toebed.
    Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 30 Oct. 2025
  • The teaching assistant was seated on the floor with a luggage strap looped around her neck and tied to a closet doorknob.
    Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Melissa could also lash Turks and Caicos with tropical-storm-strength winds and 1 to 3 inches of rain.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
  • During the post-fight interviews, a frustrated Aspinall had lashed out inside the Octagon after the stoppage, swearing at the crowd for jeering him.
    Antonio Losada, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Experts warn of a bullwhip effect: Today’s surplus can morph into tomorrow’s shortage after capacity cuts, complicating cost curves and undermining learning‑rate benefits critical to long‑term competitiveness against China’s scaled ecosystem.
    Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2025
  • And, in an offering from a more rugged hero, Harrison Ford’s bullwhip, belt, and whip holster (the only complete set to ever be offered at auction) from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is estimated to hammer down for between $250,000 and $500,000.
    Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The photo of Chastain whipping off her jersey, shouting in triumph, her sinewy arms flexed, was immediately historic.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Leafs forward Dakota Joshua weaved through Buffalo’s defensive zone coverage without much resistance and then whipped an off-balance shot toward the net.
    Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
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“Knout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knout. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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