larrup

present singular third person larrups · participle present larruping · participle present rare larrupping · participle past larruped · past larruped · participle past rare larrupped · past rare larrupped

1. transitiveTo beat or thrash.

   ZOE-FANNY: I let him larrup it into me for the fun of it.

   1922 February 2, James Joyce, Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC

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   ‘A kid like that oughtn’t to be mixed up with things,’ Ida said. ‘If he was mine I’d just larrup it out of him.’

   1938, Graham Greene, Brighton Rock

plural larrups

1. countableA blow or smack.

   That way, you got the perfect four-in-one gauge every time. If you were caught doing it any other way, you got a larrup round the lughole or a kick up the khyber.

   2013, Ken Sears, The Boy From Treacle Bumstead

2. uncountablebackchat or rudeness

   Oi, less of your larrup!

   Synonyms: backchat, cheek, impertinence, impudence, rudeness