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latigazo — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • lash noun A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.
  • reprimand noun A formal, often stern rebuke for wrongdoing.
  • swig verb To drink something in large gulps, often straight from the bottle or can.
  • switch noun A device used to turn an electrical circuit on or off.
  • whiplash noun A neck injury caused by a sudden, violent jerking of the head, often in a car accident.

Senses

latigazo is used for these senses in English:

  • lash A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough, often given as a punishment.
  • reprimand A severe, formal or official reproof; reprehension, rebuke, private or public.
  • swig (by extension) A long draught from a drink. [from 1620s]
  • switch A slender woody plant stem used as a whip; a thin, flexible rod, associated with corporal punishment in the United States.
  • whiplash (countable) The lash of a whip.
  • whiplash An injury to the upper spine connected to a violent jerk of the head in either a backward or forward or side to side direction, resembling the motion of a whip.

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.

reprimand — full definition

  1. noun A formal, often stern rebuke for wrongdoing.
  2. verb To formally scold or criticize someone for something they did wrong.

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