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(Britain, slang) Caning the backside profusely, an abusive initiation ritual to which trainee soldiers are subjected.
n
(archaic) A (physical) beating.
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(with "the") Corporal punishment by beating with a cane.
n
A form of punishment achieved by inflicting blows to the offender's body.
n
A box on the ear; a painful smack on the side of the head.
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(slang, archaic) To divide the profits from an enterprise equally; to enter into partnership.
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(countable, UK, dialect, archaic) A thrashing; a beating.
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A beating as punishment; a hiding.
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(slang) A punch in the mouth.
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A beating with the fists.
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(UK, dialect, obsolete) A crushing blow.
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A beating with a rattan cane.
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(slang, humorous) A slap in the testicles.
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(US, dialect, historical) A whipping with a hickory switch.
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Alternative form of sockdolager [(US, slang, dated) A hard hit, a knockout or finishing blow, or conclusive argument.]
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Alternative form of sockdolager [(US, slang, dated) A hard hit, a knockout or finishing blow, or conclusive argument.]
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Alternative form of sockdolager [(US, slang, dated) A hard hit, a knockout or finishing blow, or conclusive argument.]
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The receiver or victim of a spanking
adv
(colloquial, now usually with “new”) An intensifier.
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Obsolete form of sockdolager. [(US, slang, dated) A hard hit, a knockout or finishing blow, or conclusive argument.]
n
A hard stroke, hit or blow, e.g., as part of a spanking.
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(obsolete) The act of beating or whipping.
v
(UK, dialect) To beat; to whap.
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(US, slang) An attempt, a chance, a turn, a go, originally an attempt to beat someone or something.
n
(idiomatic, chiefly Canada, US) The practice of trying to stop problems, etc., that repeatedly occur in an apparently random manner; also, the act of dealing with such matters in a piecemeal manner without achieving a complete solution.
v
(slang) To beat heavily on anything.
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(US, intransitive) To throw oneself quickly, or by an abrupt motion; to turn suddenly.
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Alternative spelling of whoop-ass [(figuratively, slang, US) An act of beating.]
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(countable) A heavy defeat; a thrashing.
v
(transitive, slang) To administer corporal punishment
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