ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Dogwhip

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Dogwhip is a noun meaning A whip intended for use on dogs.

Meaning

A whip intended for use on dogs.

More Meanings

  1. (transitive, rare) To beat with a dogwhip.

Example Sentences

Here the speaker took a dogwhip from his pocket.
On one occasion it tried to creep under her petticoat and lick her, so she thrashed it with the dogwhip.
The officers cursed and dogwhipped their way through to fall into a ragged line before Raj where he waited with the signallers and Battalion standard; the companies fell in to the shouted commands of their NCOs […]

Word Forms

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Related dictionary entries include horsewhip, bullwhip, stockwhip, coachwhip, bull-whip, horsewhipping.

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