horsewhip

🇺🇸 /ˈhɔːrswɪp/ 🇬🇧 /ˈhɔːswɪp/
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Tags RARE
noun
R

A whip with a long handle and a long piece of leather, used for guiding or hitting horses.

The rider used a horsewhip to guide the horse through the course.

verb
R

To hit someone with a horsewhip.

If you misbehave, you will be horsewhipped.

translation

n. A whip with a long handle and a long piece of leather, used for guiding or hitting horses.
v. To hit someone with a horsewhip.

Word Forms

3rd Present horsewhips
Past horsewhipped
Perfect horsewhipped
Progressive horsewhipping
Plural horsewhips