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Definition of Larrup
1. Verb. Give a spanking to; subject to a spanking. "They want to larrup the prisoners "
Generic synonyms: Beat, Beat Up, Work Over
Derivative terms: Paddle, Spank, Spanker, Spanking
Definition of Larrup
1. v. t. To beat or flog soundly.
Definition of Larrup
1. Verb. to beat or thrash ¹
2. Noun. backchat or rudeness ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Larrup
1. to beat or thrash [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Larrup
Literary usage of Larrup
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Jokes for All Occasions: Selected and Ed. by One of America's Foremost (1922)
""The hell you are! That's the church I belong to! So long! . . . Driver, larrup
them mules!" A Scotch Presbyterian clergyman tells the story of a ..."
2. Polly Peablossom's Wedding: And Other Tales by Thomas A. Burke (1854)
"No," sez I, " an' ef you sez I begun it, I'll larrup you in er inch of your life!"
Sez he, " You eternal ole cuss, ef -you want to ..."
3. Traits of American Humour by Thomas Chandler Haliburton (1852)
"No/ sez I; ' an' ef you sez I begun it I'll larrup you in er inch of your life.'
" Sez he, ' You eternal ole cuss, ef you want to larrup me, ..."
4. The Boston Cooking School Magazine of Culinary Science and Domestic Economics by Boston Cooking School (Boston, Mass.) (1905)
""Then you are doubtless familiar with larrup, scouse, ... the great point in
making larrup, which is eaten with black molasses, and called for not less than ..."
5. Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded by John Russell Bartlett (1860)
"larrup. To beat, to flog. — Forby. The man that says the country won't be ...
Just come on an' I 'll larrup you till your mammy won't know you from a pile ..."
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