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Definition of quirt in English: quirtnoun 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: quirtnounkwərtkwərt 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’. |