piiska — meaning in English
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English meaning
- crop noun A plant grown and harvested for food, feed, or other economic use.
- discipline noun The practice of training yourself or others to follow rules and control behaviour.
- prod verb To poke someone or something, usually with a finger or pointed object.
- scourge noun A whip, especially one with several lashes, historically used to punish or torture.
- switch noun A device used to turn an electrical circuit on or off.
- whip noun A flexible rod or braided cord, often of leather, used to strike an animal or person, or to make a sharp cracking noise.
Senses
piiska is used for these senses in English:
- black and white (US, slang, law enforcement) A police patrol car.
- crop An entire short whip, especially as used in horse-riding.
- discipline (Catholicism) A whip used for self-flagellation.
- prod A device (now often electrical) used to goad livestock into moving.
- prowl car (US, dated, slang) A police patrol car.
- scourge (weaponry, chiefly, historical) A whip, often made of leather and having multiple tails; a lash.
- switch A slender woody plant stem used as a whip; a thin, flexible rod, associated with corporal punishment in the United States.
- whip A lash; a pliant, flexible instrument, such as a rod (commonly of cane or rattan) or a plaited or braided rope or thong (commonly of leather) used to create a sharp "crack" sound for directing or herding animals.
crop — full definition
- noun A plant grown and harvested for food, feed, or other economic use.
- noun A short whip used in horse riding.
- verb To trim or cut something short, or to remove the outer edges of a photograph.
discipline — full definition
- noun The practice of training yourself or others to follow rules and control behaviour.
- noun A particular branch of knowledge or study.
- verb To train someone to behave in a controlled way, or to punish them for breaking rules.