Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stockwhip

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: stock-whip
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An Australian whip made of a long, tapered length of flexible, plaited leather with a stiff handle, used when mustering cattle.

verb

To use such a whip.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"[…] Mrs. Pansy McLash, the keeper of the Siding House, was flogging a herd of goats from her garden. The goats surged on to the railway, intent on escaping the stockwhip whistling behind, and Mrs. McLash went after them, intent on teaching them the lesson of their lives."
"He then started to stockwhip Frencham, curling the whip six times around his body."

Etymology

From stock + whip.

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

stockwhips (plural) stockwhips (present, singular) stockwhipping (participle, present) stockwhipped (participle, past) stockwhipped (past)

Questions

What does stockwhip mean?: An Australian whip made of a long, tapered length of flexible, plaited leather with a stiff handle, used when mustering cattle.
Where does stockwhip come from?: From stock + whip.

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