Lash Definition
lăsh
lashed, lashes, lashing
noun
lashes
A stroke with or as with a whip; switch.
Webster's New World
A whip.
American Heritage
A whip, esp. the flexible striking part as distinguished from the handle.
Webster's New World
A sharp, censuring or rebuking remark.
Webster's New World
Punishment administered with a whip.
American Heritage
verb
lashed, lashes, lashing
To strike or drive with or as with a lash; flog.
Webster's New World
To make strokes with or as with a whip.
Webster's New World
To strike with great force; dash against.
Waves lashed the cliffs.
Webster's New World
To swing or move quickly or angrily; switch.
The cat lashed her tail.
Webster's New World
To move quickly or violently; switch.
Webster's New World
Antonyms:
adjective
(Mid-Ulster, Northern Ireland) Excellent, wonderful.
We're off school tomorrow, it's gonna be lash!
That chinese (food) was lash!
Wiktionary
Drunk.
Wiktionary
idiom
lash out
- to strike out violently
- to speak angrily or in bitter criticism
Webster's New World
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Lash
Origin of Lash
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Middle English lashen, lasen to lace from Old French lachier, lacier from Vulgar Latin laceāre from Latin laqueāre to ensnare from laqueus snare lace
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English probably from lashen to deal a blow perhaps of imitative origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Old French lasche (French lâche).
From Wiktionary
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