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blacksnake

noun
/ˈblaksneɪk/UK

Etymology

From black + snake.

  1. inherited from *snakō✻ — “slider, snake”
  2. inherited from snaca — “snake, serpent, reptile”
  3. inherited from snake
  4. compounded as blacksnake — “black + snake”

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of black snake

    Alternative form of black snake: any of several relatively harmless North American snakes.

  2. A long, tapering whip.

  3. A penis, especially a black penis.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. To whip with a long, tapering whip.

      • He said to Stanbrough, “George, you damned son-of-a-bitch, you blacksnaked my aunt with a blacksnake, and I am going to wear this out on you, ” and began striking him with the buggy whip. He struck the deceased several times ...
      • They were slugged and blacksnaked, run through a gauntlet, deposited on cattle cars headed away from the city, and told never to return.
      • A settler on the Muddy River was more blunt : "injuns killed a calf the other day we did em up and Blacksnaked [bullwhipped] em I ges they will know better next time made them sing Ki hi Ki hi they have ben good as little pigs since.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA