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RIDING CROP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does riding crop mean?
• RIDING CROP (noun)
The noun RIDING CROP has 1 sense:
1. a short whip with a thong at the end and a handle for opening gates
Familiarity information: RIDING CROP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A short whip with a thong at the end and a handle for opening gates
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
hunting crop; riding crop
Hypernyms ("riding crop" is a kind of...):
whip (an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping)
Context examples
Opposite her stood a brutal, heavy-faced, red-moustached young man, his gaitered legs parted wide, one arm akimbo, the other waving a riding crop, his whole attitude suggestive of triumphant bravado.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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