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chicotte

chicotte noun: a long knotted whip with a wooden handle, formerly used as a punishment in the Congo and Portuguese Africa.

Noun

chicotte (plural chicottes)

  1. A long knotted whip with a wooden handle, formerly used as a punishment in the Congo and Portuguese Africa.
    • Corporal punishment, or ‘chicotte’, now exists only in the Congo army.1928 November 28, Daily Express
    • Usually the chicotte was applied to the victim's bare buttocks.1998, Adam Hochschild, King Leopold's Ghost, Pan, published 2012, page 120

Forms of chicotte

pluralchicottes
alternative formchicote

Origin of chicotte

From French chicotte.

Questions about chicotte

What does chicotte mean?
Chicotte means a long knotted whip with a wooden handle, formerly used as a punishment in the Congo and Portuguese Africa.
What part of speech is chicotte?
Chicotte is a noun.
What is the plural of chicotte?
The plural of chicotte is chicottes.

Words near chicotte in the dictionary

  1. chicory coffees
  2. chicorylike
  3. chicos
  4. chicot
  5. Chicot County
  6. chicotte
  7. chicottes
  8. Chicoutimi
  9. chicozapote
  10. chicozapotes
  11. chics

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