larrup
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Other Word Forms
- larruper noun
Etymology
Origin of larrup
1815–25; perhaps < Dutch larpen to thresh with flails
Example Sentences
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Defensive lockdown is in vogue, yet there were some good old‑fashioned belters nevertheless: Zlatan Ibrahimovic's scissor flick against France, Marco Reus's larrup versus Greece, and Andy Carroll's paean to creative ultraviolence against Sweden.
From The Guardian • Jul. 1, 2012
Not so: unless you’re fond of strife,You’d better mind your own affairs,I have an able-bodied wifeAwaiting me at Wapping Stairs;If all this here to her I tell,She’ll larrup you and me as well.
From The Bab Ballads by Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), Sir
She said arterwards that she didn't larrup him for fetchin' the stock off, but for layin' up there in jail an' lettin' his crap spile.
From Gabriel Tolliver A Story of Reconstruction by Harris, Joel Chandler
"There, Lynne Maximilian Catt!" she exclaimed in a voice tense with passion, "you will never use that pair to larrup me with again."
From Tabitha at Ivy Hall by Russell, Alfred
And there you could hear thim inside buzzing about like my mother’s bees in the sthraw hive, when ye give it a larrup on the top wid a shtick.”
From Commodore Junk by Fenn, George Manville
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