bullwhip
4
7.2
- noun
- /ˈbʊlˌwɪp/
:
látigo
- The cowboy expertly cracked his bullwhip to round up the cattle on the ranch.
- bullwhip crack
- sound of the bullwhip
If you wanted to make a bullwhip out of duct tape, you would need to make several layers of duct tape to create your leather.
- If you wanted to make a bullwhip out of duct tape, you would need to make several layers of duct tape to create your leather.
- This is the second bullwhip I ever made, and this ends up being a little bit of a show and tell, but it's more of a tool tip.
- I dread to think, but tell me a steel bullwhip.
Examples
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His young wife braids long bands of cowhide into bullwhips and attaches them to clean pine handles.
Fiction book (1993) -
My daddy used to take a bullwhip, and he'd cut it up and he'd tie 13 knots in it.
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The guy has a bullwhip and looks for artifacts.
Blog text (13) -
"Her hand came up from behind her with a bullwhip and cracked it sharply in the air above the girl on the table."
Fiction book (2000) -
In the summer night, bullwhips pop like rifles.
Fiction book (1993) -
The Egyptian lashes him with a bullwhip.
Fiction book (2002) -
With a flick of his wrist, he sent the bullwhip slicing through the air, signaling the horses.
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She practiced her skills in the arena, learning to control the herd using a bullwhip.
Synonyms
1
7.0
A long leather strap used to guide or urge horses
A whip made from a bull's skin used to drive animals
A short stick riders use to signal and control hunting dogs during a fox hunt
How Severe
- NSFW
1
9.9
4
7.2
41
3.5
- Specialized
24
8.5
- NSFW
5
8.9
686
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bullwhip comes from joining bull ('male cow') and whip ('a long, flexible tool for hitting'), because this long whip was used on ranches to move or control cattle.