whipper
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈwɪpər/
- NSFW
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azotador
- Here, James's role as a whipper is played down primarily through the adoption of an impersonalized actor:
Examples
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The whipper at the schoolyard was feared by students for his harsh discipline.
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As a former whipper-outer, I salute you.
Blog text (29) -
- Our whipper would make him cry.
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Daddy was an easy whipper when Momma wasn't around, and she had stayed in the den with the guests.
Fiction book (1992) -
The old man was known in the village as the whipper who disciplined children who misbehaved.
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In the past, a strict whipper ensured that the workers followed the rules on the plantation.
Synonyms
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7.7
A person who causes very bad physical pain to punish or make someone talk
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8.1
A person who repeatedly hits or hurts someone in their home
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5.3
A person who makes someone suffer for doing something wrong
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9.3
A person who hits others as punishment or the whip they use
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9.9
A person who whips themselves or others as a religious act to show sorrow
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9.3
A person who hits a child with an open hand to punish them
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7.8
A person who hits someone with a heavy stick
A person who hits people with a stick or whip as punishment
A person who officially whips people as punishment
A person who urges animals forward by hitting them with a whip
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Morphology
Etymology
Whipper comes from the word whip meaning 'to strike' and the ending -er meaning 'one who', so it originally meant a person who punished others by striking them with a whip.