the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > strike with specific thing [verb (transitive)] > strike with an object > with something pliant > lightly (6)
transitive. To whip with a light, sudden stroke, to flick; also, to crack (a whip).
transitive. To strike lightly with something flexible, as a whip.
transitive. To strike smartly and lightly (with a whip, or the like); to flick.