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Definition of knout in English: knoutnoun naʊtnaʊt (in imperial Russia) a whip used to inflict punishment, often causing death. Example sentencesExamples - Hugo Haase told the French socialists that ‘what the Prussian boot means to you, the Russian knout means to us’.
- ‘Sergei - Kap - please don't -’ I begged, but the sting of the knout against the skin of my back made me cry out in mid-plea.
- The men hold heavy, thick-ended knouts of ash; most of their sons carry whippy stems of hazel.
Synonyms whip, horsewhip, bullwhip, switch, scourge, flagellum, cat-o'-nine-tails, cat, thong, flail, strap, birch, cane
verb naʊtnaʊt [with object]Flog (someone) with a knout.
Origin Mid 17th century: via French from Russian knut, from Old Norse knútr; related to knot1. Rhymes about, bout, clout, devout, doubt, down-and-out, drought, flout, gout, grout, lout, mahout, misdoubt, nowt, out, out-and-out, owt, pout, Prout, right about, rout, scout, shout, snout, spout, sprout, stout, thereabout, thereout, throughout, timeout, tout, trout, way-out, without Definition of knout in US English: knoutnounnaʊtnout (in imperial Russia) a whip used to inflict punishment, often causing death. Example sentencesExamples - The men hold heavy, thick-ended knouts of ash; most of their sons carry whippy stems of hazel.
- Hugo Haase told the French socialists that ‘what the Prussian boot means to you, the Russian knout means to us’.
- ‘Sergei - Kap - please don't -’ I begged, but the sting of the knout against the skin of my back made me cry out in mid-plea.
Synonyms whip, horsewhip, bullwhip, switch, scourge, flagellum, cat-o'-nine-tails, cat, thong, flail, strap, birch, cane
verbnaʊtnout [with object]Flog (someone) with a knout.
Origin Mid 17th century: via French from Russian knut, from Old Norse knútr; related to knot. |