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HORSEWHIP
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Irregular inflected forms: horsewhipped , horsewhipping
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A whip for controlling horses
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("horsewhip" is a kind of...):
whip (an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "horsewhip"):
buggy whip (a horsewhip once used by a driver of a buggy)
Derivation:
horsewhip (whip with a whip intended for horses)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Whip with a whip intended for horses
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "horsewhip" is one way to...):
flog; lash; lather; slash; strap; trounce; welt; whip (beat severely with a whip or rod)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
They want to horsewhip the prisoners
Derivation:
horsewhip (a whip for controlling horses)
horsewhipping (the act of whipping with a horsewhip)
