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| beat the tar out of |
(informal) to beat or whip severely. [1/2 definitions] |
| birch |
a rod or bound twigs from this tree, used as a whip. [2/5 definitions] |
| blacksnake |
a long, heavy, tapering whip of braided rawhide or leather with a snapper at the tip. [1/2 definitions] |
| bullwhip |
a long rawhide whip with a plaited lash and a knotted end. [1/2 definitions] |
| cat-o'-nine-tails |
a whip with nine knotted cords or lines attached to a handle, formerly used for flogging, esp. to discipline naval crewmen aboard ship. |
| cowhide |
a heavy, flexible whip, made of braided raw cowhide or leather. [2/3 definitions] |
| crop |
a whip handle, or the short riding whip used on horses. [1/7 definitions] |
| flagellate |
to strike with or as if with a whip; flog. [1/4 definitions] |
| flagellum |
a whip. [1/3 definitions] |
| flail |
to beat with a flail, whip, or the fists. [1/4 definitions] |
| flick |
a sharp, light blow or stroke, as with a finger, brush, whip, or the like. [1/6 definitions] |
| flog |
to beat harshly with a whip or rod. |
| hickory |
the wood of a hickory tree, or a rod made of this wood for use as a walking stick or whip. [1/2 definitions] |
| horsewhip |
a whip used to guide, steer, drive, or control a horse. [1/2 definitions] |
| knout |
a leather whip formerly used to flog criminals or or other captives. [1/2 definitions] |
| knouter |
someone who beats criminals or captives with a leather whip, or knout. |
| lash1 |
a whip or the striking part of a whip. [5/8 definitions] |
| lather |
(informal) to beat or whip. [1/7 definitions] |
| quirt |
a short whip used by a rider to make a mount go faster. [1/2 definitions] |
| rawhide |
a rope or whip made of such leather. [1/2 definitions] |
| scourge |
a whip used to punish people. [2/4 definitions] |
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