HORSEWHIP (horsewhipped, horsewhipping)

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Irregular inflected forms: horsewhipped    , horsewhipping   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does horsewhip mean? 

• HORSEWHIP (noun)
  The noun HORSEWHIP has 1 sense:

1. a whip for controlling horses

  Familiarity information: HORSEWHIP used as a noun is very rare.

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

1. whip with a whip intended for horses

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HORSEWHIP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A whip for controlling horses

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

whip (an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "horsewhip"):

buggy whip (a horsewhip once used by a driver of a buggy)

Derivation:

horsewhip (whip with a whip intended for horses)

• HORSEWHIP (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Whip with a whip intended for horses

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

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

flog; lash; lather; slash; strap; trounce; welt; whip (beat severely with a whip or rod)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

They want to horsewhip the prisoners

Derivation:

horsewhip (a whip for controlling horses)

horsewhipping (the act of whipping with a horsewhip)