lash β an ocean-going vessel equipped with special cranes and holds for lifting and stowing cargo-carrying barges that can be sailed up inland waterways or into port facilities from offshore.
whip β to beat with a strap, lash, rod, or the like, especially by way of punishment or chastisement; flog; thrash: Criminals used to be whipped for minor offenses.
castigate β If you castigate someone or something, you speak to them angrily or criticize them severely.
chastise β If you chastise someone, you speak to them angrily or punish them for something wrong that they have done.
spank β to strike (a person, usually a child) with the open hand, a slipper, etc., especially on the buttocks, as in punishment.
beat β If you beat someone or something, you hit them very hard.
belt β A belt is a strip of leather or cloth that you fasten round your waist.
cane β Cane is used to refer to the long, hollow, hard stems of plants such as bamboo. Strips of cane are often used to make furniture, and some types of cane can be crushed and processed to make sugar.
leather β the skin of an animal, with the hair removed, prepared for use by tanning or a similar process designed to preserve it against decay and make it pliable or supple when dry.
paddle β a short, flat bladed oar for propelling and steering a canoe or small boat, usually held by both hands and moved more or less through a vertical arc.
scourge β a whip or lash, especially for the infliction of punishment or torture.
strike β to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
stripe β a stroke with a whip, rod, etc., as in punishment.
whack β to strike with a smart, resounding blow or blows.
whale β any of the larger marine mammals of the order Cetacea, especially as distinguished from the smaller dolphins and porpoises, having a fishlike body, forelimbs modified into flippers, and a head that is horizontally flattened.
whomp β a loud, heavy blow, slap, bang, or the like: He fell with an awful whomp.
ferule β a ring or cap, usually of metal, put around the end of a post, cane, or the like, to prevent splitting.
flax β any plant of the genus Linum, especially L. usitatissimum, a slender, erect, annual plant having narrow, lance-shaped leaves and blue flowers, cultivated for its fiber and seeds.
slap β a gap or opening, as in a fence, wall, cloud bank, or line of troops.
clobber β You can refer to someone's possessions, especially their clothes, as their clobber.
flog β to beat with a whip, stick, etc., especially as punishment; whip; scourge.
smack β Arthur, 1863β1935, British statesman and labor leader: Nobel Peace Prize 1934.
blip β A blip is a small spot of light, sometimes occurring with a short, high-pitched sound, which flashes on and off regularly on a piece of equipment such as a radar screen.
box β A box is a square or rectangular container with hard or stiff sides. Boxes often have lids.
buffet β A buffet is a meal of cold food that is displayed on a long table at a party or public occasion. Guests usually serve themselves from the table.
cuff β The cuffs of a shirt or dress are the parts at the ends of the sleeves, which are thicker than the rest of the sleeve.
lick β to pass the tongue over the surface of, as to moisten, taste, or eat (often followed by up, off, from, etc.): to lick a postage stamp; to lick an ice-cream cone.
punch β the chief male character in a Punch-and-Judy show.
punish β to subject to pain, loss, confinement, death, etc., as a penalty for some offense, transgression, or fault: to punish a criminal.
sock β a short stocking usually reaching to the calf or just above the ankle.
tan β to convert (a hide) into leather, especially by soaking or steeping in a bath prepared from tanbark or synthetically.
trim β to put into a neat or orderly condition by clipping, paring, pruning, etc.: to trim a hedge.
