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lynchlynch /lɪntʃ/ verb [transitive] ETYMOLOGYlynchOrigin: 1800-1900 William Lynch (1724-1820), U.S. citizen who organized illegal trials in Virginia VERB TABLElynch |
Present | I, you, we, they | lynch | | he, she, it | lynches | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | lynched | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have lynched | | he, she, it | has lynched | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had lynched | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will lynch | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have lynched |
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Present | I | am lynching | | he, she, it | is lynching | | you, we, they | are lynching | Past | I, he, she, it | was lynching | | you, we, they | were lynching | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been lynching | | he, she, it | has been lynching | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been lynching | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be lynching | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been lynching |
if a crowd of people lynches someone, they kill someone by hanging him or her, without a legal trial: One of the city leaders was nearly lynched by the mob. [Origin: 1800–1900 William Lynch (1724–1820), U.S. citizen who organized illegal trials in Virginia]—lynching noun [countable] |