hunting whip

8.6

A short stick riders use to signal and control hunting dogs during a fox hunt

noun

: látigo de caza

The rider raised his hunting whip to keep the hounds in check during the chase.

Examples

The rider raised his hunting whip to signal the hounds.
While riding, he tapped his hunting whip lightly on his boot to signal the pack.
She purchased a new hunting whip before joining the country hunt.
She carries a hunting whip during the fox hunt.
The rider signaled to the hounds with his hunting whip during the chase.
She gracefully waved her hunting whip to redirect the pack of hounds.
In the early morning light, the fox hunter held his hunting whip ready to direct his hounds.

Synonyms

whip

vshunting whip

41 3.5

A long thin tool with a handle and a flexible end used for hitting

is for signalling or guiding hounds rather than for striking animals or people

hunting crop

vshunting whip

9.3

A short whip riders use to guide a horse and open gates

is used to signal or control hounds rather than operate gates or the horse

How Forceful

horsewhip

1 7.0

lash

11 4.9

hunting whip

8.6

Surface Forms

hunting whip singular

hunting whips plural

Morphology

hunting + whip

The compound combines 'hunting' (relating to pursuing animals) with 'whip' (a handheld instrument), so its basic meaning 'a whip used in hunting' is directly and compositionally inferable from the constituents. The specific functional nuance (used to signal hounds) is specialized but does not obscure the core, transparent noun–noun modification pattern common across languages.

Etymology

Hunting whip comes from a simple countryside scene: a rider on a horse holding a short whip while hunting. Riders would tap the whip on their boot to guide the hounds rather than to hit the horse, so the term means 'a whip used to control or signal the hounds'.