HORSEWHIPPING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does horsewhipping mean? 

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

1. the act of whipping with a horsewhip

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HORSEWHIPPING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of whipping with a horsewhip

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

that villain needs a good horsewhipping

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

flagellation; flogging; lashing; tanning; whipping (beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment)

Derivation:

horsewhip (whip with a whip intended for horses)