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larrup

[ lar-uh p ]

/ ˈlær əp /

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verb (used with object), lar·ruped, lar·rup·ing.

to beat or thrash.

Origin of larrup

1815–25; perhaps < Dutch larpen to thresh with flails

OTHER WORDS FROM larrup

lar·rup·er, noun

Words nearby larrup

larp, larrey's amputation, larrigan, larrikin, larrocha, larrup, larruping, larry, larry car, lars, larsa

Example sentences from the Web for larrup

Be all th' saints in glory I'll larrup th' head off iv yez—or I w'u'd if I wasn't afraid ye'd buck me onto the roof.

Desert Conquest |A. M. Chisholm
He speak to his fader, and he curse and swear awful, and stand wid de rifle close by and tell dat son ob his to larrup Jake.

True to the Old Flag |G. A. Henty
She worked me to death and wouldn't give me half enough to eat, and she used to larrup me 'most every day.

Rainbow Valley |Lucy Maud Montgomery
I had to larrup outa you that trick you had when you was young o' gobblin' your own harness when you wasn't watched.

Grenfell: Knight-Errant of the North |Fullerton Waldo

Then I seen him lean over an' larrup the hoss with the ends of the lines fer all he was wuth.

David Harum |Edward Noyes Westcott

British Dictionary definitions for larrup

larrup

/ (ˈlærəp) /

verb

(tr) dialect to beat or flog

Derived forms of larrup

larruper, noun

Word Origin for larrup

C19: of unknown origin