kurbash

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noun

A whip or strap about a yard in length.

OriginArabic كُرْبَاج ← Turkish kırbaç →
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Meanings

nounkurbash (plural kurbashes)

plural kurbashes · alternative courbache · alternative courbash · alternative curbash · alternative koorbash · alternative kourbash

  1. A whip or strap about a yard in length.
verbkurbash (third-person singular simple present kurbashes, present participle kurbashing, simple past and past participle kurbashed)

present singular third person kurbashes · participle present kurbashing · participle past kurbashed · past kurbashed · alternative courbache · alternative courbash · alternative curbash · alternative koorbash · alternative kourbash

  1. transitiveTo beat with a kurbash.

Origin

  1. Turkishkırbaç
  2. Arabicكُرْبَاج
  3. Englishkurbash

From Arabic كُرْبَاج (kurbāj), from Turkish kırbaç. Compare French cravache and German Karbatsche. Doublet of cravache.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

kurbash. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kurbash

MLA

“kurbash.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kurbash. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kurbash,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kurbash.

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