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birch: a switch consisting of a twig or a bundle of twigs from a birch tree; used to hit people as punishment; "my father never spared the birch"; any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark; hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees; used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood; consisting of or made of wood of the birch tree; whip with a birch twig

flagellate collapse: a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals; having or resembling a lash or whip (as does a flagellum); whip; "The religious fanatics flagellated themselves"

chastise collapse: censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks"

horsewhip collapse: a whip for controlling horses; whip with a whip intended for horses

pummel collapse: strike, usually with the fist; "The pedestrians pummeled the demonstrators"

flog collapse: beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"

pommel collapse: handgrip formed by the raised front part of a saddle; a handgrip that a gymnast uses when performing exercises on a pommel horse

belabor collapse: attack verbally with harsh criticism; "She was belabored by her fellow students"; to work at or to absurd length; "belabor the obvious"

flail collapse: an implement consisting of handle with a free swinging stick at the end; used in manual threshing; move like a flail; thresh about; "Her arms were flailing"

rawhide collapse: untanned hide especially of cattle; cut in strips it is used for whips and ropes

spank collapse: a slap with the flat of the hand; give a spanking to; subject to a spanking

punish collapse: impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on; "The students were penalized for showing up late for class"; "we had to punish the dog for soiling the floor again"

baste collapse: loose temporary stitches; cover with liquid before cooking; "baste a roast"; sew together loosely, with large stitches; "baste a hem"

smite collapse: inflict a heavy blow on, with the hand, a tool, or a weapon; affect suddenly with deep feeling; "He was smitten with love for this young girl"

thrash collapse: a swimming kick used while treading water; give a thrashing to; beat hard; beat the seeds out of a grain; move data into and out of core rather than performing useful computation; "The system is thrashing again!"; beat so fast that (the heart's) output starts dropping until (it) does not manage to pump out blood at all

whale collapse: any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head; hunt for whales

rod collapse: any rod-shaped bacterium; a long thin implement made of metal or wood; visual receptor cell sensitive to dim light

beverage collapse: any liquid suitable for drinking; "may I take your beverage order?"

oak collapse: a deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves; "great oaks grow from little acorns"; the hard durable wood of any oak; used especially for furniture and flooring

wood collapse: a golf club with a long shaft used to hit long shots; originally made with a wooden head; "metal woods are now standard"; United States painter noted for works based on life in the Midwest (1892-1942); English writer of novels about murders and thefts and forgeries (1814-1887); English conductor (1869-1944); United States film actress (1938-1981); the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees

wallop collapse: a severe blow; defeat soundly and utterly; "We'll wallop them!"

thump collapse: a heavy blow with the hand; a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects); hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument; "the salesman pounded the door knocker"; "a bible-thumping Southern Baptist"

scourge collapse: a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor); punish severely; excoriate

tree collapse: English actor and theatrical producer noted for his lavish productions of Shakespeare (1853-1917); a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms; a figure that branches from a single root; "genealogical tree"; stretch (a shoe) on a shoetree; chase an animal up a tree; "the hunters treed the bear with dogs and killed it"; "her dog likes to tree squirrels"; plant with trees; "this lot should be treed so that the house will be shaded in summer"

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