Synonyms of string up
21 similar words
Another word for string up is hang. Other synonyms of string up are scrag, Guy Fawkes, send to the scaffold, forhang and ketch.
Synonyms and similar words for string up
verbTo kill (a person) by hanging, especially to lynch.
- hang
- scrag
- Guy FawkesTo execute by hanging.
- send to the scaffoldTo sentence to be hanged.
- forhang obsoleteTo hang to death, put to death by hanging.
- ketch rareTo hang.
- stretch archaic, slangTo execute by hanging.
- truss archaic, slangTo execute by hanging; to hang; usually with up.
- tuck up obsolete, slangTo execute by hanging.
verbTo die by hanging.
- swingTo hang from the gallows; to be punished by hanging, swing for something or someone; (often hyperbolic) to be severely...
- dance the hempen jig colloquialTo be executed by hanging.
- dangle
- stretch hempTo be hanged.
- trineTo hang; to execute (someone) by suspension from the neck.
- wag hempTo be hanged.
- dance on a rope datedTo be hanged.
- dance on nothing archaicTo be hanged.
- dance the Tyburn jig archaicTo be executed by hanging.
- dance upon nothing archaicTo be executed by hanging.
- ride a horse foaled by an acorn obsoleteTo be hanged on the gallows.
- take a ride to Tyburn archaicTo be executed.
Meaning of string up
- verb To kill (a person) by hanging, especially to lynch.
- verb To die by hanging.
- verb To suspend by means of rope, cord or similar material.
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Questions about synonyms of string up
- What is another word for string up?
- String up has 21 synonyms on Word.ws, such as hang, scrag, Guy Fawkes, send to the scaffold, forhang, ketch, stretch and truss.
- What does string up mean?
- String up means to kill (a person) by hanging, especially to lynch.
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