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lash

verb

1 they lashed him repeatedly about the head:

whip, flog, beat, thrash, horsewhip, scourge, birch, switch, flay, belt, strap, cane, leather;

strike, hit, clout, batter, welt, hammer, pummel, belabor;

informal wallop, whack, lam, tan someone's hide, give someone a (good) hiding, larrup;

North American, informal whale;

archaic smite, stripe, flagellate.

2 rain lashed the window panes:

beat against, dash against, crash against, pound, batter, buffet, smack against, strike, hit, knock.

3 the tiger began to growl and lash his tail:

swish, flick, twitch, switch, whip, wave, wag.

4 two punts were lashed to rings embedded in the stonework:

fasten, bind, tie, tie up, tether, hitch, attach, knot, rope, strap, leash, truss, fetter, make fast, secure;

chain, pinion, join, connect, couple.

□ lash someone into something

fear lashed them into a frenzy:

provoke, incite, arouse, excite, agitate, stir up, whip up, work up, egg on, goad.

□ lash out

1 the president lashed out at her for publicly opposing his economic policy:

criticize, castigate, chastise, censure, attack, condemn, denounce, lambaste, harangue, rant at, rail at, haul over the coals, fulminate against, pillory, let fly;

berate, upbraid, scold, rebuke, chide, reprove, reproach, take to task;

informal lay into, round on, pitch into, lace into, carpet, bawl out;

British, informal slate;

North American, informal chew out, ream out.

2 Norman lashed out at Terry with a chisel:

hit out, strike, let fly, take a swing;

set upon, turn on, round on, attack, weigh into;

informal lay into, tear into, pitch into, lace into, sail into;

British, informal set about.

3 he considered lashing out on a taxi:

spend lavishly, be extravagant, pay out, spend a lot of money;

informal splash out, push the boat out, splurge, shell out, squander money, waste money, fritter money away, go on a spending spree, go on a shopping binge.

noun

1 he brought the lash down upon the prisoner's back:

whip, horsewhip, bullwhip, switch, scourge, flagellum, cat-o'-nine-tails, cat, thong, flail, strap, birch, cane;

historical knout.

2 he was sentenced to 50 lashes with a bamboo cane:

stroke, blow, hit, strike, welt, bang, thwack, thump;

informal swipe, wallop, whack;

archaic stripe.