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
Recent Examples on the Web
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
