HORSEWHIP


Meaning of HORSEWHIP in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ hɔ:(r)s(h)wɪp ]

also horse-whip

( horsewhips, horsewhipping, horsewhipped)

1.

A horsewhip is a long, thin piece of leather on the end of a short, stiff handle. It is used to train and control horses.

N-COUNT

2.

If someone horsewhips an animal or a person, they hit them several times with a horsewhip in order to hurt or punish them.

These young louts deserve to be horse-whipped.

VERB : V n

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