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present participle of leather
Synonyms of leathering
to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible
- an expert rider will find almost no reason to leather a horse
Synonyms for leathering
Words Related to leathering
- blackjacking,
- caning,
- clubbing,
- cudgeling
- (or cudgelling),
- fustigating
- banging,
- bopping,
- boxing,
- busting,
- clapping,
- clipping,
- clobbering,
- clouting,
- cracking,
- cuffing,
- hitting,
- knocking,
- lamming,
- pasting,
- punching,
- slapping,
- slugging,
- smacking,
- smiting,
- socking,
- spanking,
- swatting,
- swiping,
- thwacking,
- walloping,
- whacking
- bashing,
- basting,
- battering,
- batting,
- beating,
- belaboring,
- belting,
- bludgeoning,
- buffeting,
- bunging,
- drubbing,
- fibbing
- [British],
- hammering,
- lacing,
- lambasting,
- lathering,
- licking,
- mangling,
- mauling,
- paddling,
- pelting,
- pommeling
- (or pommelling),
- pounding,
- pummeling
- (also pummelling),
- roughing,
- slating,
- slogging,
- threshing,
- thumping,
- tromping,
- whopping
- (or whapping),
- whupping,
- working over
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“Leathering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leathering. Accessed 23 Jan. 2022.
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