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horsewhipping

horsewhipping

9.6
An act of hitting someone with a long leather whip as punishment
  • noun
  • /ˈhɔrsˌhwɪpɪŋ/
  • Offensive
translation icon : azotamiento con fusta
  • The old man threatened his disobedient son with a horsewhipping for his bad behavior.

Examples

  • What you need is a good horsewhipping!

    The Apartment (1960)

  • In any case, the Dems need endless horsewhipping to nut up and fix this GOP mess, and you're just the horse with the whip.

    Blog text (28)

  • He implored me to soil his letter in a most unspeakable manner, to chastise him as he so richly deserves, to bestride and ride him, to give him a most vicious horsewhipping.

    Bloom (2003)

  • As a punishment for his actions, the teacher gave him a horsewhipping in front of the class.

  • In the novel, the character received a horsewhipping as a consequence for breaking the rules.

Synonyms

whipping
vshorsewhipping
  • Offensive
22 3.8

Beating a person or animal with a whip as punishment

uses a lash designed for handling riding animals rather than any strap
lashing
vshorsewhipping
  • NSFW
6 7.0

Beating someone with a whip or strap as punishment

uses a lash linked to animal handling rather than a generic strap
whacking
vshorsewhipping
  • Offensive
4 8.1

A hard hit given to someone as punishment

involves using a lash meant for animal handling rather than general strikes
flogging
vshorsewhipping
  • NSFW
1 8.0

An act of beating someone with a whip as punishment

uses a lash made for animal handling rather than a general strap
tanning
vshorsewhipping
  • NSFW
1 9.9

A beating with a strap or rope given as punishment

is the neutral modern term rather than informal old usage
bullwhipping
vshorsewhipping
  • NSFW
8.8

To hit a person or thing with a long whip used with cows

focuses on using a lash mainly for handling riding animals

How Violent

horsewhipping
  • Offensive
9.6
flogging
  • NSFW
1 8.0
beating
  • NSFW
276 4.2
blow
271 2.0

Surface Forms

horsewhipping singular
horsewhippings plural

Morphology

horsewhipping = horsewhip (transparent) = horse + whip + ing

Formed from 'horse' + 'whip' (horsewhip) with the addition of '-ing' indicating the action or act; meaning is directly inferable.

Etymology

Horsewhipping is made from the familiar words horse and whip, and a whip was a long tool used to move or control horses. So, horsewhipping means 'beating someone with a horse's whip', often as a punishment or public reprimand.