Lash Definition

lăsh

lashed, lashes, lashing

noun

lashes

A stroke with or as with a whip; switch.

Webster's New World

A whip.

American Heritage

A whip, esp. the flexible striking part as distinguished from the handle.

Webster's New World

A sharp, censuring or rebuking remark.

Webster's New World

Punishment administered with a whip.

American Heritage

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verb

lashed, lashes, lashing

To strike or drive with or as with a lash; flog.

Webster's New World

To make strokes with or as with a whip.

Webster's New World

To strike with great force; dash against.

Waves lashed the cliffs.

Webster's New World

To swing or move quickly or angrily; switch.

The cat lashed her tail.

Webster's New World

To move quickly or violently; switch.

Webster's New World

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adjective

Soft, watery, wet.

Wiktionary

(Mid-Ulster, Northern Ireland) Excellent, wonderful.

We're off school tomorrow, it's gonna be lash!

That chinese (food) was lash!

Wiktionary

Drunk.

Wiktionary

idiom

lash out

to strike out violently
to speak angrily or in bitter criticism

Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Lash

Noun

Singular:

lash

Plural:

lashes

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Lash

lash out

Origin of Lash

Middle English lashen, lasen to lace from Old French lachier, lacier from Vulgar Latin laceāre from Latin laqueāre to ensnare from laqueus snare lace

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English probably from lashen to deal a blow perhaps of imitative origin

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Old French lasche (French lâche).

From Wiktionary