larrup

[ lar-uhp ]

/ ˈlær əp /

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verb (used with object), lar·ruped, lar·rup·ing.

to beat or thrash.

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Origin of larrup

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

OTHER WORDS FROM larrup

lar·rup·er, noun

Words nearby larrup

Larousse, LARP, larrigan, larrikin, Larrocha, larrup, larruping, larry, larry car, Lars, Larsa

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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!
The Rustler of Wind River|G. W. Ogden

British Dictionary definitions for larrup

larrup

/ (ˈlærəp) /

verb

(tr) dialect to beat or flog

Derived forms of larrup

larruper, noun

Word Origin for larrup

C19: of unknown origin

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larrup

Origin of larrup

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