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[syn: spank, paddle, larrup]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
larrup
v 1: give a spanking to; subject to a spanking [syn: spank,
paddle, larrup]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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