piiskata — meaning in English
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English meaning
- birch noun A tree with thin, often pale, peeling bark, common across the Northern Hemisphere.
- flagellate verb To whip or scourge.
- flog verb To whip or beat someone as a punishment.
- lash noun A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.
- spank verb To strike someone, usually a child, on the buttocks with an open hand as punishment.
- swish noun A soft rustling or hissing sound, often caused by quick movement through the air.
- 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
piiskata is used for these senses in English:
- flagellate (transitive) To whip or scourge.
- flog (transitive) To whip or scourge as punishment.
- lash (transitive) To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.
- lash (transitive) To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash.
- lash (intransitive, of rain) To fall heavily, especially in the phrase lash down.
- spank (transitive) To beat, smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object, as punishment, or for sexual gratification.
- swish (transitive, slang, dated) To flog; to lash.
- switch To turn from one railway track to another; to transfer by a switch; generally with off, from, etc.
birch — full definition
- noun A tree with thin, often pale, peeling bark, common across the Northern Hemisphere.
- noun A bundle of birch twigs formerly used as an instrument of corporal punishment.
- verb To punish someone by beating them with a birch rod.
flagellate — full definition
- verb To whip or scourge.
- verb To harshly chide or chastise, to reprimand.
- verb Of a spermatozoon, to move its tail back and forth.