1lash1 (læʃ
)
Definitions
noun
- a sharp cutting blow from a whip or other flexible object ⇒
twenty lashes was his punishment
- the flexible end or ends of a whip
- a cutting or hurtful blow to the feelings, as one caused by ridicule or scolding
- a forceful beating or impact, as of wind, rain, or waves against something
- See eyelash
- See have a lash
verb (tr)
- to hit (a person or thing) sharply with a whip, rope, etc, esp as a punishment
- (of rain, waves, etc) to beat forcefully against
- to attack with words, ridicule, etc
- to flick or wave sharply to and fro ⇒
the restless panther lashed his tail
- to urge or drive with or as if with a whip ⇒
to lash the audience into a violent mood
Alternative Forms
ˈlasher noun ˈlashingly adverb Word Origin
C14: perhaps imitative
Synonyms
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censure,
attack,
blast,
put down,
criticize,
slate,
ridicule,
scold,
berate,
flame,
castigate,
lampoon,
tear into,
flay,
upbraid,
satirize,
lambast(e)
belabour,
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whip,
beat,
thrash,
birch,
flog,
lam,
scourge,
chastise,
lambast(e)
flagellate,
horsewhip,
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whip,
cane,
birch,
switch,
crop,
scourge,
thong,
rawhide,
riding crop,
horsewhip,
bullwhip,
knout,
cat-o'-nine-tails,
2lash2 (læʃ)
Definitions
verb
- (tr) to bind or secure with rope, string, etc
Alternative Forms
ˈlasher noun Word Origin
C15: from Old French lachier, ultimately from Latin laqueāre to ensnare, from laqueus noose
