English Explanatory Dictionary

whip-arse

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A schoolmaster.
noun
  1. Alternative spelling of whoop-ass.

Word forms

whip-arse whip-arses whip arse

Etymology

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

Synonyms

bum-brusher flog-bottom
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