| Main Entry: | cudgel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | baton for hitting |
Synonyms: |
bastinado, bat, billy, billyclub, birch, blackjack, bludgeon, cane, club, cosh, ferule, mace, nightstick, paddle, rod, sap, shill, shillelagh, spontoon, stick, switch, truncheon |
| Main Entry: | rod |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bar, pole |
Synonyms: |
baton, billet, birch, cane, cylinder, dowel, ingot, mace, pin, rodule, scepter, sceptre, shaft, slab, spike, staff, stave, stick, strip, switch, wand |
| Main Entry: | stick |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pole, often wooden |
Synonyms: |
bar, bat, baton, billet, birch, bludgeon, board, branch, cane, club, cudgel, drumstick, ferrule, ingot, mast, rod, rule, ruler, shoot, slab, slat, staff, stake, stalk, stave, stem, strip, switch, timber, twig, wand, wedge |
| Main Entry: | thrash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flail about; beat |
Synonyms: |
batter, beat up, belabor, belt, birch, buffet, bury, cane, chasten, chastise, clobber, crush, defeat, flagellate, flog, jerk, kill, lambaste*, lick, maul, murder, overwhelm, paste, pelt, pitch, pound, pummel, punish, rout, rush, scourge, seesaw, slaughter, spank, stir, strike, surge, tan, tan one's hide, thresh, toss, toss and turn, trash, trim, trounce, wallop, wax, whip, work over, writhe |
| Notes: | trash means to beat, defeat, or move violently; thresh means to separate seeds of grain from husks by beating |
Antonyms: |
be still |
| Main Entry: | whip |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | length of material for hitting |
Synonyms: |
bat, belt, birch, bullwhip, cane, cat-o'-nine-tails, crop, goad, horsewhip, knout, lash, prod, push, rawhide, rod, ruler, scourge, strap, switch, thong |
| Main Entry: | whip |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hit repeatedly |
Synonyms: |
bash, beat, birch, bludgeon, cane, castigate, chastise, cudgel, drub, ferule, flagellate, flog, hide, larrup, lash, lather, punish, scourge, spank, strap, strike, switch, tan, thrash, trash, wallop, whale, whomp |
| Main Entry: | thresh |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | thrash |
Synonyms: |
batter, beat up, belabor, belt, birch, buffet, bury, cane, chasten, chastise, clobber, crush, defeat, flagellate, flail, flog, jerk*, kill*, lambaste*, lick*, maul, murder, overwhelm, paste, pelt, pitch, pound, pummel, punish, rout, rush, scourge, seesaw, slaughter, spank, stir*, strike, surge, tan, tan one's hide, toss, toss and turn, trash*, trim, trounce, wallop, wax, whip, work over, writhe |