Larrup

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Larrup \Lar"rup\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Larruped}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Larruping}.] [Perh, a corrupt. of lee rope, used by
     sailors in beating the boys; but cf. D. larpen to thresh,
     larp a whip, blow.]
     To beat or flog soundly. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.] --Forby.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  larrup
       v : give a spanking to; subject to a spanking [syn: {spank}, {paddle}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  49 Moby Thesaurus words for "larrup":
     bang, baste, batter, beat, buffet, clobber, dress down, drub, dust,
     flagellate, flail, flap, flax, flog, give a dressing-down, hammer,
     hide, knock, lambaste, lash, lather, leather, lick, maul, mop up,
     overwhelm, paddle, paste, patter, pelt, pommel, pound, pulverize,
     pummel, rap, scourge, shellac, sledgehammer, spank, stripe, tan,
     thrash, thresh, thump, trim, wallop, welt, whale, whip