to cane
- verb
- /keɪn/
- NSFW
- Now be gone from my sight before I cane you.
- get caned
- cane a child's bottom
- cane a boy
Examples
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In his rages, he caned me and whipped me, yet still I pitied him.
Fiction book (1996) -
"When I was a boy, kids were caned by their fathers."
Fiction book (1991) -
And you will want to cane them too when your turn comes.
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- In my opinion, we should cane him!
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- I was often caned when I went to school in England.
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"My father never caned me, and I would never lay a hand on you either."
Fiction book (1991) -
You should've got your rear end caned for what you did.
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Don't cane me, sir.
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They caned me and caned me till I was bloody.
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In the past, children who misbehaved were often caned by their teachers in school.
Synonyms
To hit something with a long thin object or move it quickly and forcefully
Hit someone with a whip or stick as punishment
To hit someone with a flat board as punishment
To beat someone with a whip or stick as punishment
To hit someone with a short thick stick
To hit someone many times with a stick
To hit someone with a stick as punishment
Antonyms
Compounds
A hard sweet stick with red and white stripes that tastes like mint and is used at Christmas
- Australian
A quick spread of cane toads into new areas that harms native animals and plants
A common houseplant with large green leaves that can make your mouth and throat swell if eaten
- Archaic
A tall tropical plant with long red flower spikes and purple leaves whose seeds are eaten as cereal
A ski pole made from strong Tonkin cane bamboo that is flexible and lasts a long time
- US
A grass like reeds that grows in wet places like marshes, often in the southern United States
How Violent
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cane as a verb comes from the noun cane, which comes from Latin canna 'reed'. People used thin plant stems to strike, so to cane someone is to beat them with such a stick.