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knouts

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plural of knout

Synonyms of knouts

(Entry 1 of 2)

as in quirts, bullwhips

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for knouts

birches,
blacksnakes,
bullwhips,
cat-o'-nine-tails,
cowhides,
crops,
hickories,
quirts,
rattans,
rawhides,
straps

floggers,
lashes,
scourges,
switches,
whips

bastinadoes
(or bastinades),
batons,
bats,
billies,
billy clubs,
bludgeons,
canes,
clubs,
cudgels,
flails,
nightsticks,
staffs
(or staves)

knouts

verb

present tense third-person singular of knout

Synonyms of knouts (Entry 2 of 2)

as in straps, quirts

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for knouts

quirts,
straps

birches,
cowhides,
flagellates,
flails,
flogs,
hides,
horsewhips,
lashes,
leathers,
rawhides,
scourges,
slashes,
switches,
tans,
thrashes,
whales,
whips

cuts

flicks,
touches up

blackjacks,
canes,
clubs,
cudgels,
fustigates

pistol-whips

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

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