horsewhipping

Thân thiện

A stable hand practices horsewhipping on a wooden post.

Definition

Noun: 1. The act of whipping with a horsewhip: A severe physical beating or flogging administered using a horsewhip, a type of whip designed for controlling horses. Historically, this was a form of corporal punishment. Example: The cruel overseer was known for the frequent horsewhipping of the laborers.

Verb (present participle: horsewhipping; past tense: horsewhipped): 1. To whip or beat with a horsewhip: To subject someone to a severe flogging using a horsewhip. Example: The novel's antagonist threatened to horsewhip anyone who disobeyed him.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The judge condemned the act of horsewhipping as barbaric and outdated.
  • In the old story, the hero received a brutal horsewhipping but refused to yield.
• Verb:
  • The tyrant would horsewhip his servants for the smallest mistake.
  • He was horsewhipped in the public square as punishment for his crime.

Advanced Usage

• Figurative Use: The term can be used metaphorically to describe a severe verbal reprimand or a decisive defeat.

Variants and Related Words

• Horsewhip (noun): The instrument itself, a long whip used for driving or training horses.
• Horsewhip (verb): The base form of the action.
• Flogging, Whipping, Lashing (nouns): General synonyms for the act of beating with a whip.

Synonyms

• Noun (Act): Flogging, whipping, lashing, thrashing, beating.
• Verb (Action): To flog, to whip, to lash, to thrash, to beat.

Related Idioms/Phrases

• To give someone a (good) horsewhipping: An idiom emphasizing the delivery of a severe physical or metaphorical beating.

Học thuật

Noun

1. the act of whipping with a horsewhip
   • that villain needs a good horsewhipping