Synonyms of tans

tans

verb

present tense third-person singular of tan

1

as in hides

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

• hides
• whips
• leathers
• cowhides
• slashes
• flicks
• whales
• lashes
• birches
• horsewhips
• scourges
• switches
• flagellates
• licks
• rawhides
• cuts
• hits
• bangs
• pounds
• straps
• flogs
• spanks
• flails
• bats
• punches
• slaps
• thrashes
• mauls
• swipes
• knocks
• clubs
• quirts
• smacks
• clips
• canes
• pelts
• whacks
• knouts
• boxes
• blackjacks
• claps
• socks
• beats
• lathers
• swats
• cudgels
• paddles
• slates
• slugs
• thumps
• belts
• buffets
• cracks
• bastes
• bops
• hammers
• lams
• clouts
• laces
• pastes
• cuffs
• roughs
• bashes
• thwacks
• bludgeons
• smites
• busts
• bungs
• pistol-whips
• pommels
• batters
• fibs
• wallops
• works over
• threshes
• mangles
• touches up
• pummels
• fustigates
• clobbers
• belabors
• slogs
• tromps
• drubs
• lambastes
• whops
• whaps
• whups
• lambasts

2

as in licks

to strike repeatedly

a time when children were routinely tanned for misbehavior

Synonyms & Similar Words

• licks
• pounds
• hides
• pelts
• lashes
• whips
• attacks
• assaults
• clubs
• bats
• batters
• does
• beats
• hits
• lathers
• punches
• chops
• spanks
• slates
• paddles
• slaps
• mauls
• buffets
• belts
• thumps
• bastes
• whales
• birches
• knocks
• hammers
• raids
• laces
• bludgeons
• curries
• bashes
• smashes
• wounds
• storms
• boxes
• slams
• pommels
• fibs
• switches
• works over
• threshes
• swipes
• flogs
• punches out
• leathers
• wallops
• pummels
• thrashes
• smacks
• belabors
• cowhides
• whacks
• slogs
• socks
• bungs up
• drubs
• straps
• lambastes
• cracks
• whops
• whaps
• whups
• beats up on
• swats
• pastes
• lams
• rushes
• clouts
• blackjacks
• canes
• cudgels
• tromps
• lambasts
• cuffs
• thwacks
• horsewhips
• scourges
• whams
• flagellates
• rawhides
• busts
• roughs (up)
• lays on
• lacerates
• assails
• maims
• besets
• clobbers
• pistol-whips
• messes (up)
• whomps
• mutilates
• descends (on or upon)
• gores
• jumps (on)
• fustigates
• mangles
• pounces (on or upon)