Meaning

(transitive, Scotland, Northern England) To beat or slap with the hand..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive, Scotland, Northern England) To beat or slap with the hand.
2. (transitive, Scotland, Northern England) To beat, pound or hammer.
3. (Scotland) To drive by blows; to drive (hard), to cause to move rapidly.
4. (intransitive, Scotland, Northern England, Ireland) To move briskly along; to run.
5. (intransitive) To rain heavily; (of rain) to fall.
6. A blow; a smart stroke, especially with the hand; a smack.
7. (Scotland) A squall; a heavy fall of rain.
8. (Scotland) A large portion.

Example Sentences

But Mistress Munro would up and be at the door and in she'd yank Andy by the lug, and some said she'd take down his breeks and skelp him, but maybe that was a lie.

My stomach was just sore and I was rubbing it. But he just reached and skelped me on the leg and I fell down and he waited for me to get up and he skelped me on the b*m.

... hither blith comes tinker John, Who skelps the kettle, and sweet tunes the drone, […]

"Fa' in! fa' in!" he's yelpin : The fifes are whuslin' loud and clear, An ' sair the drums they're skelpin'.

... sewing, hammering, and "skelping away at the leather."

My fair opponents skelp me aff,[…]

We'll skelp him to hell, / where his frien's will him crown,[…]

A byke was regarded as a glorious capture, not only for the sake of the honey, but because of the fun the boys had in skelpin' out the bees.

Word Forms

• skelps
• skelping
• skelped

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