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as in blow
a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument
a sailor punished for disobedience with lashes from the captain's whip
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as in whip
a long thin or flexible tool for striking
the rider repeatedly struck the horse with the lash to force it to go faster
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as in to whip
to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible
the cat's tail nervously lashed the table leg
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as in to lick
to strike repeatedly
all night long sheets of rain lashed the windows
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as in to tie
to prevent (someone or something) from moving freely by or as if by means of a line or cord
The raft was made from several logs lashed together with a rope.
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Recent Examples of lash
Chantelle Kincy, Travel + Leisure, 30 May 2026
Magnet Extreme Lengthening Mascara, which extends lash length by 40%.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 27 May 2026
Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026
The archipelago is also lashed by about 20 typhoons and tropical storms each year.
—CBS News, 7 June 2026
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Noun
This blackout sleep mask is comfortable for long flights and even works with longer lashes.
—Chantelle Kincy, Travel + Leisure, 30 May 2026
Magnet Extreme Lengthening Mascara, which extends lash length by 40%.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 27 May 2026
Verb
The archipelago is also lashed by about 20 typhoons and tropical storms each year.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026
The archipelago is also lashed by about 20 typhoons and tropical storms each year.
—CBS News, 7 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lash
Noun
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The rookie took a deep breath, settled into his stance and watched as Houston’s pitcher, Enyel De Los Santos, attempted to deliver the final blow.—
Latif Love
June 14,
Kansas City Star,
14 June 2026
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Star third baseman José Ramírez broke a bone in his left hand on a swing Saturday and will be sidelined for an indefinite period, a massive blow to the two-time defending AL Central champions.—
Tom Withers,
Chicago Tribune,
14 June 2026
Noun
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In our study, leadership included the speaker, party leaders, whips, caucus or conference chairs, and committee chairs or ranking members.—
Mayank Kejriwal,
The Conversation,
10 June 2026
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And when the wind whips, the air reeks of a potent campfire — but no campers are around.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2026
Verb
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This automatically measures the distance between the edges of the folding panels, uses sensors to detect offsets and recalibrates the brightness of adjacent LEDs to hide the tiny slot.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
13 June 2026
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Achieving it in reality would be brutally hard because the target moves, hides, jams, uses decoys, and fights back.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
13 June 2026
Verb
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Chalk it up to a bad match, and lick your wounds.—
Harriette Cole,
Mercury News,
11 June 2026
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Affected animals transfer rabies by biting, licking or scratching other animals and humans.—
Laura Horne,
Charlotte Observer,
11 June 2026
Verb
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The Rays entered the series after a three-game sweep of the Boston Red Sox but have lost consecutive games to the Angels, who were tied for the worst record in the American League at the start of play Saturday.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 June 2026
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The Knicks elected to foul rather than allow San Antonio to attempt a tying three and the strategy worked exactly as intended.—
Dan Zaksheske,
FOXNews.com,
14 June 2026
Noun
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Babies are handed six-shooters before the butt slap.—
Nick Canepa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 June 2026
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Burke, a Dodgers teammate, had provided the setup for the pioneering hand slap, a spontaneous response to a homer that Baker hit in 1977.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
Noun
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The journey begins on solid ground, where guests put on a harness, strap on a backpack with camping gear, and start the journey climbing a 200 to 300-foot tree.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
14 June 2026
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The bag is also equipped with a detachable crossbody strap that's padded for comfort.—
Tanya Sharma,
PEOPLE,
14 June 2026
Verb
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Deleon had at least seven prior arrests, including a 2022 case in which he was accused of slashing a man in the neck.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
10 June 2026
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Residents have offered several suggestions for cuts, including reducing pensions, slashing commissioners' salaries in half, cutting the city manager's salary, eliminating staff redundancy, getting rid of take-home cars, and pausing park upgrades without public input.—
Ted Scouten,
CBS News,
10 June 2026
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“Lash.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lash. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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