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horsewhipping

horsewhipping is the present participle and gerund of horsewhip.

Meaning of horsewhip

Verb

horsewhip (third-person singular simple present horsewhips, present participle horsewhipping, simple past and past participle horsewhipped)

  1. (transitive) 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...

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Noun

horsewhipping (plural horsewhippings)

  1. A beating with a horsewhip.

Forms of horsewhipping

pluralhorsewhippings

Questions about horsewhipping

What does horsewhipping mean?
Horsewhipping means a beating with a horsewhip.
What is horsewhipping the present participle and gerund of?
Horsewhipping is the present participle and gerund of horsewhip.
What part of speech is horsewhipping?
Horsewhipping is a noun.
What is the plural of horsewhipping?
The plural of horsewhipping is horsewhippings.

Words near horsewhipping in the dictionary

  1. horsewheels
  2. horsewhip
  3. horsewhipped
  4. horsewhipper
  5. horsewhippers
  6. horsewhipping
  7. horsewhippings
  8. horsewhips
  9. horsewoman
  10. horsewomanship
  11. horsewomen

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