BASTINADO (bastinadoes)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: bastinadoes   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does bastinado mean? 

• BASTINADO (noun)
  The noun BASTINADO has 2 senses:

1. a cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the feet

2. a form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgels

  Familiarity information: BASTINADO used as a noun is rare.

• BASTINADO (verb)
  The verb BASTINADO has 1 sense:

1. beat somebody on the soles of the feet

  Familiarity information: BASTINADO used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BASTINADO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the feet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("bastinado" is a kind of...):

cudgel (a club that is used as a weapon)

Derivation:

bastinado (beat somebody on the soles of the feet)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgels

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

bastinado; falanga

Hypernyms ("bastinado" is a kind of...):

torture; torturing (the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason)

• BASTINADO (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Beat somebody on the soles of the feet

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "bastinado" is one way to...):

beat (hit repeatedly)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

bastinado (a cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the feet)