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Whip

To strike with a lash, a cord, a rod, or anything slender and lithe; to lash; to beat; as, to whip a horse, or a carpet.

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Assail 76% connected

To attack with violence, or in a vehement and hostile manner; to assault; to molest; as, to assail a man with blows; to assail a city with artillery.

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Assault 76% connected

A violent onset or attack with physical means, as blows, weapons, etc.; an onslaught; the rush or charge of an attacking force; onset; as, to make as…

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Attack 76% connected

To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault.

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Beat 76% connected

of Beat

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Blow 76% connected

To flower; to blossom; to bloom.

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Convulse 76% connected

To contract violently and irregulary, as the muscular parts of an animal body; to shake with irregular spasms, as in excessive laughter, or in agony…

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Crush 76% connected

To press or bruise between two hard bodies; to squeeze, so as to destroy the natural shape or integrity of the parts, or to force together into a mas…

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Dessert 76% connected

A service of pastry, fruits, or sweetmeats, at the close of a feast or entertainment; pastry, fruits, etc., forming the last course at dinner.

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Flexibility 76% connected

The state or quality of being flexible; flexibleness; pliancy; pliability; as, the flexibility of strips of hemlock, hickory, whalebone or metal, or…

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Instrument 76% connected

That by means of which any work is performed, or result is effected; a tool; a utensil; an implement; as, the instruments of a mechanic; astronomical…

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Legislator 76% connected

A lawgiver; one who makes laws for a state or community; a member of a legislative body.

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Round 76% connected

To whisper.

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Scramble 76% connected

To clamber with hands and knees; to scrabble; as, to scramble up a cliff; to scramble over the rocks.

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Shell 76% connected

A hard outside covering, as of a fruit or an animal.

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Slash 76% connected

To cut by striking violently and at random; to cut in long slits.

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Snipe 76% connected

Any one of numerous species of limicoline game birds of the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.

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Strike 76% connected

To touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or with an instrument; to smite; to give a blow to, either with the hand or with any instrument…

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Sweet 76% connected

Having an agreeable taste or flavor such as that of sugar; saccharine; -- opposed to sour and bitter; as, a sweet beverage; sweet fruits; sweet orang…

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Thrash 76% connected

Alt. of Thresh

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Thresh 76% connected

To beat out grain from, as straw or husks; to beat the straw or husk of (grain) with a flail; to beat off, as the kernels of grain; as, to thrash whe…

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Toss 76% connected

To throw with the hand; especially, to throw with the palm of the hand upward, or to throw upward; as, to toss a ball.

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Trounce 76% connected

To punish or beat severely; to whip smartly; to flog; to castigate.

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Vanquish 76% connected

To conquer, overcome, or subdue in battle, as an enemy.

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Manner of action 9

Birch 76% connected

A tree of several species, constituting the genus Betula; as, the white or common birch (B. alba) (also called silver birch and lady birch); the dwar…

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Cat 76% connected

An animal of various species of the genera Felis and Lynx. The domestic cat is Felis domestica. The European wild cat (Felis catus) is much larger th…

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Cowhide 76% connected

The hide of a cow.

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Flagellate 76% connected

To whip; to scourge; to flog.

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Horsewhip 76% connected

A whip for horses.

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Leather 76% connected

The skin of an animal, or some part of such skin, tanned, tawed, or otherwise dressed for use; also, dressed hides, collectively.

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Scourge 76% connected

A lash; a strap or cord; especially, a lash used to inflict pain or punishment; an instrument of punishment or discipline; a whip.

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Switch 76% connected

A small, flexible twig or rod.

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Urticate 76% connected

To sting with, or as with, nettles; to irritate; to annoy.

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Narrower term 8

Cat 76% connected

An animal of various species of the genera Felis and Lynx. The domestic cat is Felis domestica. The European wild cat (Felis catus) is much larger th…

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Cowhide 76% connected

The hide of a cow.

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Flagellum 76% connected

A young, flexible shoot of a plant; esp., the long trailing branch of a vine, or a slender branch in certain mosses.

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Horsewhip 76% connected

A whip for horses.

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Knout 76% connected

A kind of whip for flogging criminals, formerly much used in Russia. The last is a tapering bundle of leather thongs twisted with wire and hardened,…

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Quirt 76% connected

A rawhide whip plaited with two thongs of buffalo hide.

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Scourge 76% connected

A lash; a strap or cord; especially, a lash used to inflict pain or punishment; an instrument of punishment or discipline; a whip.

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Strap 76% connected

A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like; specifically, a strip of thick leather used in flogging.

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Derivationally related 8

Lash 74% connected

The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.

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Lash 74% connected

The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.

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Trounce 74% connected

To punish or beat severely; to whip smartly; to flog; to castigate.

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Trounce 74% connected

To punish or beat severely; to whip smartly; to flog; to castigate.

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Welt 74% connected

That which, being sewed or otherwise fastened to an edge or border, serves to guard, strengthen, or adorn it

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Welt 74% connected

That which, being sewed or otherwise fastened to an edge or border, serves to guard, strengthen, or adorn it

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Component part 4

Crop 70% connected

The pouchlike enlargement of the gullet of birds, serving as a receptacle for food; the craw.

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Lash 70% connected

The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.

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Stock 70% connected

The stem, or main body, of a tree or plant; the fixed, strong, firm part; the trunk.

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Thong 70% connected

A strap of leather; especially, one used for fastening anything.

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Synonym 14

Blister 92% connected

A vesicle of the skin, containing watery matter or serum, whether occasioned by a burn or other injury, or by a vesicatory; a collection of serous fl…

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Flog 92% connected

To beat or strike with a rod or whip; to whip; to lash; to chastise with repeated blows.

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Lash 92% connected

The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.

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Lather 92% connected

Foam or froth made by soap moistened with water.

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Pip 92% connected

A contagious disease of fowls, characterized by hoarseness, discharge from the nostrils and eyes, and an accumulation of mucus in the mouth, forming…

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Scald 92% connected

To burn with hot liquid or steam; to pain or injure by contact with, or immersion in, any hot fluid; as, to scald the hand.

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Scorch 92% connected

To burn superficially; to parch, or shrivel, the surface of, by heat; to subject to so much heat as changes color and texture without consuming; as,…

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Slash 92% connected

To cut by striking violently and at random; to cut in long slits.

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Strap 92% connected

A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like; specifically, a strip of thick leather used in flogging.

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Trounce 92% connected

To punish or beat severely; to whip smartly; to flog; to castigate.

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Welt 92% connected

That which, being sewed or otherwise fastened to an edge or border, serves to guard, strengthen, or adorn it

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Whiplash 92% connected

The lash of a whip, -- usually made of thongs of leather, or of cords, braided or twisted.

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Whisk 92% connected

A game at cards; whist.

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Worst 92% connected

Bad, evil, or pernicious, in the highest degree, whether in a physical or moral sense. See Worse.

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