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horsewhip
[ hawrs-hwip, -wip ]
noun
- a whip for controlling horses.
verb (used with object)
, horse·whipped, horse·whip·ping.
- to beat with a horsewhip.
horsewhip
/ ˈhɔːsˌwɪp /
noun
- a whip, usually with a long thong, used for managing horses
verb
- tr to flog with such a whip
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Derived Forms
- ˈhorseˌwhipper, noun
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Other Words From
- horsewhipper noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of horsewhip1
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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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