larrup

[ lar-uhp ]
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verb (used with object),lar·ruped, lar·rup·ing.
  1. to beat or thrash.

Origin of larrup

1
1815–25; perhaps <Dutch larpen to thresh with flails

Other words from larrup

  • lar·rup·er, noun

Words Nearby larrup

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How to use larrup in a sentence

  • If you had'nt been punished a bit already, wouldn't I larrup you neither?

    A Book of Ghosts | Sabine Baring-Gould
  • He'd larrup a spell, an' then he'd set back; an' then he'd lean over an' try it agin, harder'n ever.

    David Harum | Edward Noyes Westcott
  • Be all th' saints in glory I'll larrup th' head off iv yez—or I w'u'd if I wasn't afraid ye'd buck me onto the roof.

    Desert Conquest | A. M. Chisholm
  • She worked me to death and wouldn't give me half enough to eat, and she used to larrup me 'most every day.

    Rainbow Valley | Lucy Maud Montgomery
  • Well, she give him a larrup over the face with her whip that cut the hide!

British Dictionary definitions for larrup

larrup

/ (ˈlærəp) /


verb
  1. (tr) dialect to beat or flog

Origin of larrup

1
C19: of unknown origin

Derived forms of larrup

  • larruper, noun

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