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rawhiding

verb

present participle of rawhide
as in hiding
to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible the desperados rawhided their horses in a futile attempt to outride the posse pursuing them

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rawhiding
  1. hiding
  2. whipping
  3. slashing
  4. switching
  5. flicking
  6. hitting
Verb
  • Just as O’Malley and Rahill’s work is infatuated with toxic masculinity and fratty hopecore, Bensinger’s is obsessed with sheepish dude-empaths hiding beneath layers of uneasy bravado.
    — Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The pursuit eventually led officers into the forest outside Sacramento, where 44-year-old Derek Spencer held them at bay by hiding and firing from behind a berm until he was shot and killed, authorities said.
    — Breaking News, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of hiding
Verb
  • Goalkeeper Emi Martinez floated a ball over Ezri Konsa to Rogers, who exchanged passes with Joao Pedro before shifting sharply onto his right foot and whipping a shot just wide of David Raya’s far post.
    — Liam Twomey, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Stand mixers are the best choice for things like kneading bread dough, whipping egg whites and mixing cookies, but blenders are best for breaking down more substantial foods to create beautifully smooth purees.
    — BestReviews, Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of whipping
Verb
  • As well as slashing the number of third-year visas to 5,000, the number of second-year visas is being cut from 57,000 to 45,000.
    — Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Swelling Workforce Channel 4 is slashing its workforce by 28%, with around half of commissioning roles at risk.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of slashing
Verb
  • The problem is that restarting an aircraft factory after 11 years isn’t like switching a machine back on.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2026
  • These cortical cells make up only around one percent of the cortex’s inhibitory neurons, and switching them on in a mouse puts the animal to sleep.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of switching
Verb
  • At one point, while casually flicking the fly rod in his right hand, Tapper listed other California Democrats expected to enter the 2028 race, including former Vice President Kamala Harris.
    — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The fire had engulfed the garage roof, with flames flicking nearby trees and threatening to spread beyond the garage.
    — Rob Moore, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of flicking
Verb
  • Iamaleava looked poised in the pocket, going through multiple reads and hitting pass catchers across the field in an array of spots and formations.
    — Connor Dullinger, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Rising fuel prices caused by the instability at the Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb straits are hitting farmers in parts of the West just as harvest season opens.
    — Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of hitting
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“Rawhiding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rawhiding. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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