ruoskia — meaning in English

English meaning

• flog verb To whip or beat someone as a punishment.
• lash noun A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.
• 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

ruoskia is used for these senses in English:

• 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 scold; or to satirize; to censure with severity.
• whip (transitive) To hit with a whip.

flog — full definition

1. verb To whip or beat someone as a punishment.
2. verb To sell something, especially informally or cheaply.
3. verb To use or promote something relentlessly.

lash — full definition

1. noun A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.
2. noun A strike delivered with a whip, or the flexible cord of a whip itself.
3. verb To hit hard with a whip or something similarly flexible.
4. verb To tie something down tightly with rope or cord.

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