larrup
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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Etymology
Origin of larrup
1815–25; perhaps < Dutch larpen to thresh with flails
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Defensive lockdown is in vogue, yet there were some good old‑fashioned belters nevertheless: Zlatan Ibrahimovic's scissor flick against France, Marco Reus's larrup versus Greece, and Andy Carroll's paean to creative ultraviolence against Sweden.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 1, 2012
He'd larrup a spell, an' then he'd set back; an' then he'd lean over an' try it agin, harder'n ever.
From David Harum A Story of American Life by Edward Noyes Westcott
Not so: unless you’re fond of strife,You’d better mind your own affairs,I have an able-bodied wifeAwaiting me at Wapping Stairs;If all this here to her I tell,She’ll larrup you and me as well.
From The Bab Ballads by Sir W. S. (William Schwenck) Gilbert
And there you could hear thim inside buzzing about like my mother’s bees in the sthraw hive, when ye give it a larrup on the top wid a shtick.”
From Commodore Junk by George Manville Fenn
"There, Lynne Maximilian Catt!" she exclaimed in a voice tense with passion, "you will never use that pair to larrup me with again."
From Tabitha at Ivy Hall by Alfred Russell
In the next over, Josh Tongue was larruped over cow corner for six.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
Bracewell and Southee were each larruped over mid-wicket for six.
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2023
Chesney Hughes made 70, had Compton stumped for 72, then larruped another 49.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 16, 2010
Armstrong and Sarron larruped each other fiercely, if without notable boxing skill, for five rounds.
From Time Magazine Archive
The big Belfast mate larruped down the short companionway.
From The Wind Bloweth by Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne
Under the late, larruping Publisher Frederick G. Bonfils, the only editorial voice in the Denver Post was a column called "That's That."
From Time Magazine Archive
He is already three past the late larruping Lou Gehrig, and Jimmy Foxx's 531 is within reach.
From Time Magazine Archive
The music is soft, even in its occasional larruping climaxes, and modern in its distilled dissonances, and it always keeps the original tune in mind.
From Time Magazine Archive
Such minor-league larruping at one time placed a $200,000 price tag around Stout Steve's bullneck, had won him four major-league tries before this year's with the Tigers.
From Time Magazine Archive
I saw him larruping in his Ford along a sandy, winding trail it would break a snake's back to follow, hot on the heels of his next adventure, dreaming of the fortune that finally came.
From The Trail of the White Mule by B. M. Bower
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