to lather
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9.3
- verb
- /ˈlæðər/
- NSFW
:
dar una paliza
- You lather me up good.
Examples
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I'll lather the living daylight out of you.
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They only fall back on those hot-button soft targets to lather up their fundamentalist base.
Blog text (14) -
"Nobody knows who lathered those children.
Fiction book (1991) -
I wanna lather it on a stack of flapjacks and eat it.
Blog text (24) -
When I played ball in Wisconsin... ...these cheerleaders lathered me up like a whale...
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A sudden disconnected image of Wayne beating a bag, lathered up, a real anger expressing itself.
Fiction book (1994) -
They sent a lathered mob here, screaming for his blood because he claims to be their Messiah.
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Instead, he lathered Banjo's paw in blood and smacked it on the bottom of the paper.
Blog text (1) -
He threatened to lather anyone who dared to disrespect him in public.
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After the interrogation, the criminals feared they would be lathered for their betrayals.
Synonyms
133
4.4
To hit something with a long thin object or move it quickly and forcefully
36
4.8
To hit something forcefully with a whip
19
7.0
To hit someone hard with a whip or rod
18
8.3
Hit someone with a whip or stick as punishment
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9.6
Hit someone with the handle or barrel of a gun
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6.5
Hit someone hard, often as punishment or in a fight
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8.2
To beat someone with a strip of leather as punishment
1
8.4
To beat someone with a whip or stick as punishment
To hit someone with a stick as punishment
To hit someone as a punishment, for example by spanking
To hit someone and make a raised red mark on their skin
Antonyms
How Hard
Surface Forms
Etymology
A helpful way to remember the verb lather meaning 'to beat' is to think of a quick, hard action like a whip; this stronger sense grew later as an image of severe punishment, so to 'lather' someone can mean to beat them badly.