Synonyms of tan

tan

verb

1

as in to hide

to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible

Grandpa told us that when he was a kid, if he misbehaved at all, his father would tan his backside with a belt

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hide
• leather
• whip
• slash
• cowhide
• lash
• switch
• flick
• birch
• whale
• flagellate
• cut
• scourge
• rawhide
• hit
• lick
• slap
• flog
• spank
• horsewhip
• knock
• punch
• thrash
• strap
• bat
• flail
• bang
• pound
• maul
• cane
• smack
• clip
• swipe
• whack
• quirt
• box
• pelt
• beat
• touch up
• club
• clap
• slate
• thump
• rough
• swat
• knout
• lam
• blackjack
• belt
• sock
• lather
• slug
• crack
• paddle
• paste
• cuff
• bop
• cudgel
• lace
• work over
• clout
• batter
• bust
• buffet
• fustigate
• bash
• smite
• bung
• baste
• hammer
• clobber
• pummel
• pommel
• fib
• thwack
• bludgeon
• mangle
• thresh
• whop
• slog
• drub
• whup
• wallop
• pistol-whip
• belabor
• lambast
• tromp
• lambaste
• whap

2

as in to lick

to strike repeatedly

a time when children were routinely tanned for misbehavior

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lick
• hide
• pound
• lash
• pelt
• whip
• batter
• do
• beat
• hit
• slap
• bat
• slate
• knock
• punch
• attack
• thump
• lather
• belt
• curry
• spank
• assault
• maul
• paddle
• punch out
• smash
• chop
• club
• birch
• lace
• whale
• work over
• slam
• box
• buffet
• bash
• switch
• baste
• pummel
• raid
• hammer
• fib
• pommel
• flog
• smack
• rough (up)
• bung up
• leather
• bludgeon
• thrash
• beat up on
• whop
• thresh
• wound
• slog
• drub
• swipe
• whup
• storm
• whack
• belabor
• wallop
• crack
• strap
• descend (on or upon)
• lambast
• lam
• tromp
• cane
• lambaste
• rush
• whap
• mess (up)
• lay on
• sock
• paste
• cowhide
• jump (on)
• swat
• cuff
• pounce (on or upon)
• clout
• bust
• flagellate
• scourge
• rawhide
• wham
• blackjack
• cudgel
• clobber
• thwack
• beset
• assail
• gore
• horsewhip
• fustigate
• whomp
• lacerate
• maim
• mutilate
• pistol-whip
• mangle