horsewhip

[ hawrs-hwip, -wip ]

noun

1. a whip for controlling horses.

verb (used with object)

, horse·whipped, horse·whip·ping.

1. to beat with a horsewhip.

horsewhip

/ ˈhɔːsˌwɪp /

noun

1. a whip, usually with a long thong, used for managing horses

verb

1. tr to flog with such a whip

Derived Forms

• ˈhorseˌwhipper, noun

Other Words From

• horsewhipper noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of horsewhip¹

1300–50; Middle English. See horse, whip

Example Sentences

I could not help at the meeting threatening to horsewhip J. Price for the falsehoods that he with the others had reported.

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Seizing him by the collar, and threatening him with the horsewhip.

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The horsewhip and revolver were as necessary to its conduct as the pen and inkpot.

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I only wonder he did not horsewhip Philip round the quadrangle.

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I am told she lifted her horsewhip on a gentleman once, and then put her horse at him and rode him down.

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Related Words

• batter
• buffet
• chastise
• knock
• pummel
• smack