larrup

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
larrup
    v 1: give a spanking to; subject to a spanking [syn: {spank},
         {paddle}, {larrup}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Larrup \Lar"rup\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Larruped}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Larruping}.] [Perh, a corrupt. of lee rope, used by
   sailors in beating the boys; but cf. D. larpen to thresh,
   larp a whip, blow.]
   To beat or flog soundly. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.] --Forby.
   [1913 Webster]
    
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
49 Moby Thesaurus words for "larrup":
      bang, baste, batter, beat, buffet, clobber, dress down, drub, dust,
      flagellate, flail, flap, flax, flog, give a dressing-down, hammer,
      hide, knock, lambaste, lash, lather, leather, lick, maul, mop up,
      overwhelm, paddle, paste, patter, pelt, pommel, pound, pulverize,
      pummel, rap, scourge, shellac, sledgehammer, spank, stripe, tan,
      thrash, thresh, thump, trim, wallop, welt, whale, whip

    

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