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blacksnake

UK/ˈblaksneɪk/

blacksnake noun: a long, tapering whip. Also the alternative form of black snake.

Noun

blacksnake (plural blacksnakes)

  1. (US) A long, tapering whip.
  2. (slang, vulgar) A penis, especially a black penis.
    • [He] couldn't keep from staring at my blacksnake. He'd probably never seen a dick like mine. I couldn't help but stare at his prick too. He had the smallest dick I'd ever seen on any man. […] She went over to Raft and pulled down his underwear, revealing his blacksnake. In front of Bogie, she eased...2003, Darwin Porter, The Secret Life of Humphrey Bogart, page 251

Verb

blacksnake (third-person singular simple present blacksnakes, present participle blacksnaking, simple past and past participle blacksnaked)

  1. To whip with a long, tapering whip.
    • He said to Stanbrough, “George, you damned son-of-a-bitch, you blacksnaked my aunt with a blacksnake, and I am going to wear this out on you, ” and began striking him with the buggy whip. He struck the deceased several times ...1899, Missouri Supreme Court, Reports of Cases Determined by the Supreme Court of the State of Missouri, page 513
    • They were slugged and blacksnaked, run through a gauntlet, deposited on cattle cars headed away from the city, and told never to return.2001, Roger A. Bruns, The Damndest Radical … Ben Reitman, University of Illinois Press, →ISBN, page 121

Also used as

blacksnake is also the alternative form of black snake.

Forms of blacksnake

Noun
pluralblacksnakes
alternative formblack-snake
Verb
third-person singular presentblacksnakes
present participleblacksnaking
past participleblacksnaked
pastblacksnaked

Origin of blacksnake

From black + snake.

Questions about blacksnake

What does blacksnake mean?
Blacksnake means a long, tapering whip.
What part of speech is blacksnake?
Blacksnake can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce blacksnake?
Blacksnake is pronounced /ˈblaksneɪk/ (UK).
What is the plural of blacksnake?
The plural of blacksnake is blacksnakes.

Words near blacksnake in the dictionary

  1. blacksmithery
  2. blacksmithies
  3. blacksmithing
  4. blacksmiths
  5. blacksmithy
  6. blacksnake
  7. blacksnaked
  8. blacksnakeroot
  9. blacksnakes
  10. blacksnaking
  11. blacksome

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