Definition of quirt in English:

quirt

noun kwəːtkwərt

A short-handled riding whip with a braided leather lash.
Example sentencesExamples
- For years people who want to have a recreational horse, and enjoy themselves, and don't want to have to be pulling and jerking on their horse or smacking it around with a quirt, or ramming the spurs home, have benefitted from our program.
Synonyms
whip, horsewhip, lash, strap, birch, switch, flail

verb kwəːtkwərt

[with object]

Hit with a quirt.
Claggart quirted her again and again
Example sentencesExamples
- Their stocky Indian driver, pigtailed and black-hatted, followed them astride a mule and quirted their hindquarters with a length of rope which he swung like a lariat.
Synonyms
hit, beat, flog, whip, horsewhip, scourge, lash, flagellate, flail, strap, birch, cane, belt, leather

Origin

Mid 19th century (originally US): from Spanish cuerda 'cord' (from Latin chorda 'cord') or from Mexican Spanish cuarta 'whip'.

Rhymes

advert, alert, animadvert, assert, avert, Bert, blurt, Burt, cert, chert, concert, controvert, convert, curt, desert, dessert, dirt, divert, exert, flirt, girt, hurt, inert, insert, introvert, Kurt, malapert, overt, pert, shirt, skirt, spirt, spurt, squirt, Sturt, subvert, vert, wort, yurt

Definition of quirt in US English:

quirt

nounkwərtkwərt

A short-handled riding whip with a braided leather lash.
Example sentencesExamples
- For years people who want to have a recreational horse, and enjoy themselves, and don't want to have to be pulling and jerking on their horse or smacking it around with a quirt, or ramming the spurs home, have benefitted from our program.
Synonyms
whip, horsewhip, lash, strap, birch, switch, flail

verbkwərtkwərt

[with object]

Hit with a quirt.
Claggart quirted her again and again
Example sentencesExamples
- Their stocky Indian driver, pigtailed and black-hatted, followed them astride a mule and quirted their hindquarters with a length of rope which he swung like a lariat.
Synonyms
hit, beat, flog, whip, horsewhip, scourge, lash, flagellate, flail, strap, birch, cane, belt, leather

Origin

Mid 19th century (originally US): from Spanish cuerda ‘cord’ (from Latin chorda ‘cord’) or from Mexican Spanish cuarta ‘whip’.

单词	quirt
释义	Definition of quirt in English: quirt noun kwəːtkwərt A short-handled riding whip with a braided leather lash. Example sentencesExamples For years people who want to have a recreational horse, and enjoy themselves, and don't want to have to be pulling and jerking on their horse or smacking it around with a quirt, or ramming the spurs home, have benefitted from our program. Synonyms whip, horsewhip, lash, strap, birch, switch, flail verb kwəːtkwərt [with object] Hit with a quirt. Claggart quirted her again and again Example sentencesExamples Their stocky Indian driver, pigtailed and black-hatted, followed them astride a mule and quirted their hindquarters with a length of rope which he swung like a lariat. Synonyms hit, beat, flog, whip, horsewhip, scourge, lash, flagellate, flail, strap, birch, cane, belt, leather Origin Mid 19th century (originally US): from Spanish cuerda 'cord' (from Latin chorda 'cord') or from Mexican Spanish cuarta 'whip'. Rhymes advert, alert, animadvert, assert, avert, Bert, blurt, Burt, cert, chert, concert, controvert, convert, curt, desert, dessert, dirt, divert, exert, flirt, girt, hurt, inert, insert, introvert, Kurt, malapert, overt, pert, shirt, skirt, spirt, spurt, squirt, Sturt, subvert, vert, wort, yurt Definition of quirt in US English: quirt nounkwərtkwərt A short-handled riding whip with a braided leather lash. Example sentencesExamples For years people who want to have a recreational horse, and enjoy themselves, and don't want to have to be pulling and jerking on their horse or smacking it around with a quirt, or ramming the spurs home, have benefitted from our program. Synonyms whip, horsewhip, lash, strap, birch, switch, flail verbkwərtkwərt [with object] Hit with a quirt. Claggart quirted her again and again Example sentencesExamples Their stocky Indian driver, pigtailed and black-hatted, followed them astride a mule and quirted their hindquarters with a length of rope which he swung like a lariat. Synonyms hit, beat, flog, whip, horsewhip, scourge, lash, flagellate, flail, strap, birch, cane, belt, leather Origin Mid 19th century (originally US): from Spanish cuerda ‘cord’ (from Latin chorda ‘cord’) or from Mexican Spanish cuarta ‘whip’.
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