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lasher

lasher

9.9
A person who urges animals forward by hitting them with a whip
  • noun
  • /ˈlæʃər/
  • NSFW
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Examples

  • Cindy Lasher, Liam Phillips, Officers

    Fiction book (1991)

  • We expect to see 1,200 to 1,400 megawatts of generation capacity unavailable that was available this year,' responded ERCOT representative Warren Lasher.

    Blog text (29)

  • The lasher skillfully urged the horses forward by cracking his whip in the air.

  • At the rodeo, the lasher motivated the cattle to move into the pen with a flick of the whip.

  • The skilled lasher demonstrated his technique by striking the ground to guide the sheep along the path.

Synonyms

beater
vslasher
  • Jargon
11 8.8

A person who drives wild animals out of hiding for hunters

urges animals forward by striking them with a whip
whipper-in
vslasher
  • Jargon
9.9

A person who helps the leader of a fox hunt by keeping the dogs together

forces movement with a whip rather than managing dogs

How Forceful

abuser
  • NSFW
86 5.3
lasher
  • NSFW
9.9
driver
53 5.8
herder
15 3.7

Surface Forms

lasher singular
lashers plural

Morphology

lasher = lash (transparent) = lash + er

Productive agentive suffix '-er' added to the verb 'lash'; the meaning 'person who lashes/urges by whipping' is directly derived and clearly accessible to learners.

Etymology

Lasher comes from the word lash, which means 'to hit with a whip', and the ending -er means 'one who'. So a lasher is literally 'one who lashes' — a person who urges animals forward by cracking a whip.