larrup

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English

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Etymology

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Uncertain. Many dictionaries suggest a connection with Dutch larpen (to thresh with flails).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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larrup (third-person singular simple present larrups, present participle larruping or larrupping, simple past and past participle larruped or larrupped)

  1. (transitive) To beat or thrash.

Noun

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larrup (countable and uncountable, plural larrups)

  1. (countable) A blow or smack.
    • 2013, Ken Sears, The Boy From Treacle Bumstead:
      That way, you got the perfect four-in-one gauge every time. If you were caught doing it any other way, you got a larrup round the lughole or a kick up the khyber.
  2. (uncountable) backchat or rudeness
    Oi, less of your larrup!

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