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
quirts 1 of 2
noun
as in bullwhips
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- bullwhips
- straps
- whips
- rattans
- hickories
- knouts
- crops
- birches
- floggers
- rawhides
- cowhides
- blacksnakes
- cat-o'-nine-tails
- lashes
- nightsticks
- staves
- canes
- batons
- bludgeons
- switches
- flails
- scourges
- billies
- bastinadoes
- cudgels
- billy clubs
- bats
- bastinades
- staffs
- clubs
quirts
2 of 2verb
as in straps
Synonyms & Similar Words
- straps
- horsewhips
- whips
- knouts
- leathers
- flails
- lashes
- scourges
- slashes
- flagellates
- flogs
- cowhides
- switches
- thrashes
- hides
- tans
- birches
- rawhides
- flicks
- canes
- whales
- cuts
- thwacks
- blackjacks
- cudgels
- licks
- touches up
- whacks
- slaps
- cuffs
- clubs
- clips
- claps
- paddles
- bangs
- swats
- socks
- spanks
- clouts
- punches
- hits
- boxes
- hammers
- smacks
- knocks
- lams
- slugs
- bludgeons
- threshes
- bastes
- belts
- swipes
- pelts
- thumps
- bops
- lathers
- mauls
- works over
- pommels
- pastes
- smites
- pounds
- wallops
- pistol-whips
- fustigates
- laces
- cracks
- clobbers
- pummels
- slates
- busts
- whaps
- drubs
- bats
- bungs
- roughs
- batters
- mangles
- buffets
- bashes
- whups
- belabors
- slogs
- whops
- lambastes
- beats
- fibs
- tromps
- lambasts
