Thesaurus results for LARRUP

larrup

noun

ˈler-əp

Definition of larrup

dialect

as in blow

a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument he gave the ball a good larrup with his club, and it easily cleared the ditch

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Noun

Start with clean hair or roots prepped with dry shampoo, then use a small heated round brush or blow-dryer to give the bangs volume.

— Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 27 Sep. 2026
Australia suffered an injury blow with wicketkeeper Josh Inglis sidelined from the rest of the series due to a finger injury.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of blow

Noun

The brutalist thump of drummer Moe Tucker renders the showmen in Led Zeppelin and the Who irrelevant.

— Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026
The Giants lineup even lacked Rafael Devers’ considerable thump for the first time since the Giants traded for him last summer.

— Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of thump

Noun

The discovery of the left atrial septal pouch is about more than preventing strokes.

— Subramaniam C. Krishnan, STAT, 28 Sep. 2026
Heart attacks and strokes occur disproportionately following rejections, and rejected individuals often show symptoms that are typically associated with drug withdrawal, including anxiety, depression, crying, loss of appetite, and irritability.

— George Loewenstein, Vogue, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of stroke

Noun

The baby Fins were back to Earth, sweet mirage yielding to the slap of reality.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2026
Hundreds of those grants were later reinstated when a federal judge ruled that the slap-dash nature of the terminations violated the Administrative Procedures Act, which regulates how agencies are supposed to change policies.

— Anil Oza, STAT, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of slap

Noun

Slicing $50 off knocks JBL’s latest battery-toting heavy hitter into sweet-spot pricing and gives you serious acoustic punch and endless endurance.

— Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 28 Sep. 2026
The one-two punch of a higher-than-usual tide and weeks of heavy rain submerged South Florida streets this weekend and put the region under a coastal flood advisory.

— Alex Harris Updated September 27, Miami Herald, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of punch

Noun

Thanks to the twist-and-lock plate system, each dumbbell provides four weight options from 2–5 pounds.

— Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2026
The resulting frame weighs just six pounds without the battery, despite supporting a drone capable of carrying 110 pounds.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2026

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