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stockwhip

noun

Etymology

From stock + whip.

  1. derived from *wipjaną✻ — “to move back and forth”
  2. derived from wippen — “to move quickly”
  3. derived from wippen — “to swing, leap, dance, oscillate”
  4. inherited from whippen
  5. compounded as stockwhip — “stock + whip”

Definitions

  1. An Australian whip made of a long, tapered length of flexible, plaited leather with a…

    An Australian whip made of a long, tapered length of flexible, plaited leather with a stiff handle, used when mustering cattle.

  2. To use such a whip.

    • He then started to stockwhip Frencham, curling the whip six times around his body.

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