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   Lash

   /laSH/

   

   verb

   • 1. strike (someone) with a whip or stick: "they lashed him repeatedly about the head" Similar whipflogbeatthrashhorsewhipscourgebirchswitchflaybeltstrapcaneleatherstrikehitcloutbatterwelthammerpummelbelaborinformal:wallopwhacklamtan someone's hidegive someone a (good) hidinglarrupwhalearchaic:smitestripeflagellate
   • ▪ (especially of wind or water) beat forcefully against (something): "waves lashed the coast" Similar beat againstdash againstcrash againstpoundbatterbuffetsmack againststrikehitknock
   • 2. (of an animal) move (a part of the body, especially the tail) quickly and violently: "the cat was lashing its tail back and forth" Similar swishflicktwitchswitchwhipwavewag
   • ▪ (of a part of an animal's body) move quickly and violently: "the cat's tail lashed furiously from side to side"
   • 3. fasten (something) securely with a cord or rope: "the hatch was securely lashed down" Similar fastenbindtietie uptetherhitchattachknotropestrapleashtrussfettermake fastsecurechainpinionjoinconnectcouple

   noun

   • 1. a sharp blow or stroke with a whip or rope, typically given as a form of punishment: "he was sentenced to fifty lashes for his crime" Similar strokeblowhitstrikeweltbangthwackthumpinformal:swipewallopwhackarchaic:stripe
   • ▪ the flexible leather part of a whip, used for administering lashes: "he brought the lash down upon the prisoner's back"
   • ▪ punishment in the form of a beating with a whip or rope: "they were living under the threat of the lash" Similar whiphorsewhipbullwhipswitchscourgeflagellumcat-o'-nine-tailscatthongflailstrapbirchcanehistorical:knout
   • 2. an eyelash: "she fluttered her long dark lashes"

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘make a sudden movement’): probably imitative.

   Derivatives

   • 1. lasher noun
   • 2. lashless adjective

   Scrabble Points: 7

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