Dogwhip

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A whip intended for use on dogs.

    "Here the speaker took a dogwhip from his pocket..."

Verb
  1. 1
    To beat with a dogwhip. rare, transitive

    "The officers cursed and dogwhipped their way through to fall into a ragged line before Raj where he waited with the signallers and Battalion standard; the companies fell in to the shouted commands of their NCOs […]"

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"Here the speaker took a dogwhip from his pocket..."

Etymology

From dog + whip.

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