quirt
1 of 2noun
ˈkwərt 
: a riding whip with a short handle and a rawhide lash
quirt
2 of 2verb
quirted; quirting; quirts
transitive verb
: to strike or drive with a quirt
Example Sentences
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John Maccormack, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Apr. 2018
Noun
The sedate throwing of flowers erupted into a fistfight, a ministampede and people lashed with whips and riding quirts. John Maccormack, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Apr. 2018 Word History
Etymology
Noun
Mexican Spanish cuarta
First Known Use
Noun
1845, in the meaning defined above
Verb
1887, in the meaning defined above
quirting
verb
as in knouting
Synonyms & Similar Words
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- knouting
- hiding
- strapping
- switching
- slashing
- flailing
- touching up
- rawhiding
- cowhiding
- lashing
- flogging
- whipping
- tanning
- thrashing
- lamming
- horsewhipping
- whaling
- cutting
- scourging
- flicking
- birching
- flagellating
- leathering
- blackjacking
- fustigating
- working over
- clubbing
- knocking
- hitting
- cudgeling
- slapping
- smacking
- pommelling
- caning
- whacking
- banging
- clapping
- punching
- cudgelling
- clipping
- spanking
- slugging
- thwacking
- boxing
- licking
- cracking
- pummeling
- pommeling
- swiping
- smiting
- bopping
- clobbering
- thumping
- clouting
- swatting
- paddling
- socking
- bashing
- mangling
- mauling
- cuffing
- hammering
- bludgeoning
- pasting
- pistol-whipping
- busting
- battering
- whopping
- drubbing
- batting
- roughing
- pounding
- pummelling
- whupping
- lathering
- slating
- buffeting
- fibbing
- lambasting
- basting
- walloping
- slogging
- pelting
- threshing
- whapping
- belaboring
- belting
- bunging
- lacing
- tromping
- beating
- strike back
- strike below
- strike benefit
- strike board
- strike dead
- strike down
- strike fault
- strike fear into one's heart
- strike fear into the hearts of
- strike force
- strike gold
- strike home
- strike in
- strike into
- strike it rich
- strike joint
- strike measure
- strike note
- strike off
- strike on
- strike on/upon
- strike out
- strike pan
- strike pay
- strike pay dirt