lash

Noun

• a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
  • the whip raised a red welt
    

• leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip

• any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids

Verb

• bind with a rope, chain, or cord
  • lash the horse
    

• strike as if by whipping
  • The curtain whipped her face
    

• lash or flick about sharply
  • The lion lashed its tail
    

• beat severely with a whip or rod
  • The teacher often flogged the students
    
  • The children were severely trounced
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  whip , whiplash , thong , eyelash , cilium , flog , welt , lather , slash , strap , trounce