whip-arse

noun

A schoolmaster.

Similar
bum-brusherflog-bottom
OriginFrench fouette-cul →
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Meanings

whip-arse1

nounwhip-arse (plural whip-arses)

plural whip-arses · alternative whip arse

  1. obsoleteA schoolmaster.

    Feſſe-cul. A Pedanticall whip-arſe.

    1611, Randle Cotgrave, A Dictionarie of the French and English Tongues, page FES-FES

    Synonyms: bum-brusher, flog-bottom

whip-arse2

nounwhip-arse (uncountable)

alternative whip arse

  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative spelling of whoop-ass.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA schoolmaster.

Similar
bum-brusherflog-bottom

Origin

  1. Frenchfouette-cul
  2. Englishwhip-arse

From whip + arse. Possibly a calque of French fouette-cul, from fouetter (“to whip”) + cul (“arse”).

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APA

whip-arse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whip-arse

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“whip-arse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whip-arse. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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