cat-o'-nine-tailsnoun [ S ]
uk/ˌkæt.əˈnaɪn.teɪlz/us/ˌkæt̬.əˈnaɪn.teɪlz/informal cata whip (= a long, thin device for hitting) made from rope that has nine ends, that was used especially in the past for hitting people to punish them
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Punishing by causing pain
- birch
- cane
- corporal punishment
- flagellate
- flay
- flog
- kneecap
- lash
- lynch
- lynch law
- mortification
- mortification of the flesh idiom
- rack
- screw
- stone
- tar
- treadmill
- walloping
- whip
- whipping
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