horsewhip
horsewhip noun: a whip for use on horses.
Noun
horsewhip (plural horsewhips)
- A whip for use on horses.
- Hearing the rout,
Dame Gill came out,
With a horse whip from the door,
She laid it on Jack,
And poor Jill's back,
Until they both did roar.1810, Jack and Jill, and old Dame Gill, York: J. Kendrew, page 14 - He had told his wife that he would ask Fletcher to give up the borough, and that he would make that request with a horsewhip in his hand. It was too late now to say anything of the borough, but it might not be too late for the horsewhip. He had a great desire to make good that threat as far as the...1876, Anthony Trollope, “The Silverbridge Election”, in The Prime Minister. […], volume II, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, page 234
- Hearing the rout,
Verb
horsewhip (third-person singular simple present horsewhips, present participle horsewhipping, simple past and past participle horsewhipped)
- To flog or lash (someone or something) with a horsewhip.
- [T]heir children were horsewhipped by the grieve when found trespassing; […]1815 February 24, [Walter Scott], chapter VII, in Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and...
- "Dangerous things, sir—dangerous things!" exclaimed Mr. Lintot, drawing a deep breath of air from the open window: "do you know, sir, Curl published a lampoon on Lord Hervey the other day, who said that he would have horsewhipped him if he could have found his way into the city. Only think, sir, of...1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Alteration”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 22
horsewhip meaning in Tamil and Urdu
horsewhip in Tamil
- குதிரைச்சவுக்கு, கசை, குறடா, கொறடா, குதிரையைச் சவுக்கால் அடி
horsewhip in Urdu
- horsewhip
- چابک cābuk
Examples of horsewhip in a sentence
- He had told his wife that he would ask Fletcher to give up the borough, and that he would make that request with a horsewhip in his hand.1876, Anthony Trollope, “The Silverbridge Election”, in The Prime Minister. […], volume II, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, page 234:
- Only think, sir, of horsewhipping a publisher!" and Mr.1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Alteration”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […]...
- Of course he would be justified in horsewhipping him.1876, Anthony Trollope, “The Silverbridge Election”, in The Prime Minister. […], volume II, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, page 235:
- [H]e horsewhipped Sam Brewer, the well-known Curzon Street moneylender, on Newmarket Heath.1927 March 5, Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place”, in The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert]...
Forms of horsewhip
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | horsewhips |
| alternative form | horse whip |
| alternative form | horse-whip |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | horsewhips |
| present participle | horsewhipping |
| past participle | horsewhipped |
| past | horsewhipped |
Origin of horsewhip
From horse + whip.
Words formed from horsewhip
Questions about horsewhip
- What does horsewhip mean?
- Horsewhip means a whip for use on horses.
- What is horsewhip in Tamil?
- Horsewhip in Tamil is குதிரைச்சவுக்கு, கசை, குறடா. See Horsewhip meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use horsewhip in a sentence?
- He had told his wife that he would ask Fletcher to give up the borough, and that he would make that request with a horsewhip in his hand.
- What part of speech is horsewhip?
- Horsewhip can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of horsewhip?
- The plural of horsewhip is horsewhips.
Words near horsewhip in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: horsewhip (page history and authors); horsewhip (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); چابک (Urdu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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