larrups

noun

plural of larrup, dialect
as in punches
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for larrups
  1. punches
  2. blows
  3. pounds
  4. thuds
  5. thumps
  6. swipes
  7. strokes
  8. hits
Noun
  • The town, which has fewer than 1,000 residents and is just south of the Broward border, punches above its weight on the luxury real estate market.
    — Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Labor Day Gaming Laptop Deals For gamers and power users seeking solid performance under $1,000, the MSI Cyborg 15 punches well above its weight.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of punches
Noun
  • The sales of Maxence Lacroix and Daniel Munoz particularly are big blows.
    — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The impact of yesterday’s sharp drop in South Korean equities transmitted further into US markets overnight, spreading selling sentiment and dealing heavy blows to US semiconductor and memory stocks.
    — , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of blows
Noun
  • Fields, listed at 5 feet 9 and 193 pounds, could be the next diminutive running back to become a star in Manhattan.
    — The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Travel disruption continued on Wednesday after flights resumed at major airports following Tuesday's hours-long outage, which led to 2,000 cancellations and cost airlines millions of pounds.
    — Sarah Young, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of pounds
Noun
  • Rapp, up on Taft Point, heard two thuds.
    — Nick Paumgarten, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • Likewise, the score by Tony Doogan leans too heavily on generic electronic thuds, the kind that segue into a commercial break cliffhanger and an ad for blood pressure medicine.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
Definition of thuds
Noun
  • The lower-vocal harmony struggles to stand out any time the deeper bass thumps.
    — Mark Knapp, PC Magazine, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Agents yelled from every direction, and the thumps of a news helicopter overhead were deafening.
    — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 28 May 2026
Definition of thumps
Noun
  • According to RevitaLash, apply a few swipes of the serum to clean lashes once per day.
    — Iman Balagam, Vogue, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Their swipes at one another have escalated so much that the sitting president has threatened to take away O’Donnell’s citizenship.
    — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of swipes
Noun
  • Clinical biomarkers and neuroimaging do not hold all the answers; many disorders—such as Alzheimer’s and some types of strokes—still require postmortem analysis for diagnostic confirmation.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Movies tend to work with bold strokes and colors, and absolute ideas; cinema is a popular medium, and both its power and its pitfalls come from its ability to simplify and underline.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of strokes
Noun
  • Michael Busch and Miguel Amaya each doubled and singled for the Cubs, who finished with 13 hits.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Reliever Seth Halvorsen gave up three hits without recording an out in the ninth, but the Dodgers had built up enough of a lead to weather a Washington (67-76) comeback attempt.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of hits
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“Larrups.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/larrups. Accessed 11 Sep. 2026.

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