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horsewhip
[ hawrs-hwip, -wip ]
noun
- a whip for controlling horses.
verb (used with object)
horsewhipped, horsewhipping.
- to beat with a horsewhip.
horsewhip
/ ˈɔːˌɪ /
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
- ˈǰˌɳ, noun
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Other Word Forms
- ǰwp noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of horsewhip1
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“They also used horsewhips and pulled out fingernails,” he recalled.
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Duterte was regularly whipped by his mother, who reportedly once wore out a horsewhip from the frequent beatings, his brother said.
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Then on one spring day in April 2016, Margaret did something for the first time in her riding life: She dropped her horsewhip.
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Hughes: I just loved the scene where I horsewhipped my sister and sent her sobbing and bleeding into the night where she got into a car and drove off a cliff.
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If a man’s been horsewhipping himself for two years, it seemed to me like not even God would want to punish him anymore.
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