larrup
[lar-uh p]
- to beat or thrash.
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Origin of larrup
1815–25; perhaps < Dutch larpen to thresh with flails
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Related Words for larrup
hit, harm, charge, raid, besiege, beat, assault, hurt, bombard, ambush, stab, storm, strike, assail, blast, invade, infiltrate, repulse, crush, finishExamples from the Web for larrup
Historical Examples of larrup
Well, she give him a larrup over the face with her whip that cut the hide!
The Rustler of Wind RiverG. W. Ogden
If you had'nt been punished a bit already, wouldn't I larrup you neither?
A Book of GhostsSabine Baring-Gould
When dey got him back to de house, dey would buckle him down over a barrel and larrup him wid a plaited whup.
Well, I hope to de Lawd you'll fin' dat rascal an' larrup him ontwell he cain't stan' straight.
The heart of happy hollowPaul Laurence Dunbar
He speak to his fader, and he curse and swear awful, and stand wid de rifle close by and tell dat son ob his to larrup Jake.
True to the Old FlagG. A. Henty
larrup
- (tr) dialect to beat or flog
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Word Origin for larrup
C19: of unknown origin
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Word Origin and History for larrup
"to beat, thrash," 1823, of unknown origin, possibly related to Dutch larpen "to thrash." First mentioned as a Suffolk dialect word.
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