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to thong

to thong

9.9
To beat someone with a leather strip as punishment
  • verb
  • /θɔŋ/
  • Offensive
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  • The teacher thonged the student for misbehavior.

Examples

  • During the ceremony, offenders were sometimes thonged in front of the entire village.

  • He was thonged for being late.

  • In the historical account the prisoner was thonged for breaking the governor's rules.

  • The guard thonged the runaway slave as punishment for his escape attempt.

  • The guard thonged the runaway slave as punishment for his escape attempt.

  • In the historical account, the prisoner was thonged for breaking the governor's rules.

  • During the ceremony, offenders were sometimes thonged in front of the entire village.

Synonyms

to whip
vsto thong
133 4.4

To hit something with a long thin object or move it quickly and forcefully

is limited to physical beating as a form of punishment
to strap
vsto thong
  • Offensive
5 8.2

To beat someone with a strip of leather as punishment

is similar but often less severe in force or punishment

How Hard

to flay
  • NSFW
15 9.3
to flog
  • NSFW
18 8.3
to thong
  • Offensive
9.9
to beat
  • NSFW
∞ 1.2
to hit
∞ 1.0
to tap
174 1.0

Surface Forms

thong infinitive
thonged past
thonged past participle
thonging present participle
thongs third person singular

Etymology

The word thong started as a 'strip of leather' (Old English thwong) and those strips were often used as whips. So to thong someone came to mean to beat or lash them with a strap.