Synonyms of horsewhip

horsewhip

verb

ˈhȯrs-ˌ(h)wip 

as in to whip

to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible

the pirate captain threatened to horsewhip any of his crew who questioned his orders

Synonyms & Similar Words

• whip
• hide
• slash
• leather
• lash
• flagellate
• spank
• slap
• flog
• cowhide
• flick
• rawhide
• thrash
• flail
• lick
• knock
• scourge
• birch
• tan
• hit
• cut
• punch
• switch
• quirt
• bat
• smack
• whale
• maul
• cane
• strap
• bang
• swipe
• pound
• clip
• knout
• whack
• cudgel
• clap
• beat
• swat
• thump
• pelt
• box
• club
• bludgeon
• pistol-whip
• clobber
• smite
• blackjack
• touch up
• slug
• thwack
• pummel
• hammer
• paddle
• clout
• sock
• crack
• belt
• mangle
• cuff
• wallop
• lather
• whup
• rough
• bung
• batter
• bop
• pommel
• bash
• drub
• paste
• lambast
• slate
• lam
• lambaste
• lace
• thresh
• work over
• bust
• whop
• buffet
• belabor
• whap
• baste
• tromp
• fib
• slog
• fustigate

Examples of horsewhip in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Speccie’s star columnist is the rudest man in Christendom, the Godzilla of contumely, an all-time non-sufferer of fools who horsewhips his targets the way Hunter S. Thompson and Christopher Hitchens once did. —Kyle Smith, National Review, 23 Apr. 2020

In reality, Watson wasn’t a bar fighter or famous for horsewhipping cowboys. —Eliza McGraw, Smithsonian, 12 Mar. 2018