Knouting

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A flogging with a knout.

    "The knouting of the peasants went on for days in revenge for their uprising."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of knout form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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bastebeatbelaborbeltbuffetbullwhack

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"The knouting of the peasants went on for days in revenge for their uprising."

Etymology

From knout + -ing.

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