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PRONUNCIATION OF HORSEWHIPPING

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HORSEWHIPPING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Horsewhipping is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb horsewhipping in English.

WHAT DOES HORSEWHIPPING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

horsewhipping

Crop (implement)

A crop, sometimes called a riding crop or hunting crop, is a short type of whip without a lash, used in horse riding, part of the family of tools known as horse whips.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO HORSEWHIPPING

PRESENT

Present
I horsewhip
you horsewhip
he/she/it horsewhips
we horsewhip
you horsewhip
they horsewhip
Present continuous
I am horsewhipping
you are horsewhipping
he/she/it is horsewhipping
we are horsewhipping
you are horsewhipping
they are horsewhipping
Present perfect
I have horsewhipped
you have horsewhipped
he/she/it has horsewhipped
we have horsewhipped
you have horsewhipped
they have horsewhipped
Present perfect continuous
I have been horsewhipping
you have been horsewhipping
he/she/it has been horsewhipping
we have been horsewhipping
you have been horsewhipping
they have been horsewhipping
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I horsewhipped
you horsewhipped
he/she/it horsewhipped
we horsewhipped
you horsewhipped
they horsewhipped
Past continuous
I was horsewhipping
you were horsewhipping
he/she/it was horsewhipping
we were horsewhipping
you were horsewhipping
they were horsewhipping
Past perfect
I had horsewhipped
you had horsewhipped
he/she/it had horsewhipped
we had horsewhipped
you had horsewhipped
they had horsewhipped
Past perfect continuous
I had been horsewhipping
you had been horsewhipping
he/she/it had been horsewhipping
we had been horsewhipping
you had been horsewhipping
they had been horsewhipping
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will horsewhip
you will horsewhip
he/she/it will horsewhip
we will horsewhip
you will horsewhip
they will horsewhip
Future continuous
I will be horsewhipping
you will be horsewhipping
he/she/it will be horsewhipping
we will be horsewhipping
you will be horsewhipping
they will be horsewhipping
Future perfect
I will have horsewhipped
you will have horsewhipped
he/she/it will have horsewhipped
we will have horsewhipped
you will have horsewhipped
they will have horsewhipped
Future perfect continuous
I will have been horsewhipping
you will have been horsewhipping
he/she/it will have been horsewhipping
we will have been horsewhipping
you will have been horsewhipping
they will have been horsewhipping
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would horsewhipping
you would horsewhipping
he/she/it would horsewhipping
we would horsewhipping
you would horsewhipping
they would horsewhipping
Conditional continuous
I would be horsewhipping
you would be horsewhipping
he/she/it would be horsewhipping
we would be horsewhipping
you would be horsewhipping
they would be horsewhipping
Conditional perfect
I would have horsewhipping
you would have horsewhipping
he/she/it would have horsewhipping
we would have horsewhipping
you would have horsewhipping
they would have horsewhipping
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been horsewhipping
you would have been horsewhipping
he/she/it would have been horsewhipping
we would have been horsewhipping
you would have been horsewhipping
they would have been horsewhipping
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you horsewhip
we let´s horsewhip
you horsewhip
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to horsewhip
Past participle
horsewhipped
Present Participle
horsewhipping
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HORSEWHIPPING

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horseshoe crab
horseshoe fern
horseshoe whipsnake
horseshoeing
horseshoer
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horsetail
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WORDS THAT END LIKE HORSEWHIPPING

camping
clipping
dripping
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home shopping
hopping
mapping
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popping
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shipping
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stepping
stopping
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tapping
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wrapping

Synonyms and antonyms of horsewhipping in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «horsewhipping» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HORSEWHIPPING

Find out the translation of horsewhipping to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of horsewhipping from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «horsewhipping» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

horsewhipping
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

horsewhipping
570 millions of speakers

English

horsewhipping
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

horsewhipping
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

horsewhipping
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

horsewhipping
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

horsewhipping
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

horsewhipping
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

horsewhipping
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penyesalan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

horsewhipping
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

horsewhipping
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

horsewhipping
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Horsewhipping
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

horsewhipping
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கொல்லுதல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हॉर्नवॉम्पिंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

horsewhipping
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

horsewhipping
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

horsewhipping
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

horsewhipping
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

horsewhipping
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

horsewhipping
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

horsewhipping
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

horsewhipping
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

horsewhipping
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of horsewhipping

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HORSEWHIPPING»

The term «horsewhipping» is used very little and occupies the 178.738 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HORSEWHIPPING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «horsewhipping» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «horsewhipping» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about horsewhipping

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HORSEWHIPPING»

Discover the use of horsewhipping in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to horsewhipping and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art
It has been universally agreed, on the authority of generations of novelists, that there is no repartee to a horsewhipping, that it is final, that the party attacked takes it like a lamb, and never afterwards ventures to lift his head. It is a kind of ordeal ...
‎1878
2
The Tocsin: or, Sheffield Protestant alarm-bell
O you are a good son of Mother Church, and I dare say you would wish to die horsewhipping a heretic ; but sir, the devil himself sometimes plays the fool, and ( in this instance) so have you. I will venture my life you are no Jesuit, nor priest ...
‎1841
3
The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science, Art, ...
If once you allow that there is a repartee to a. horsewhipping, that the hero may l1l1l'l.'l again and rend his antagonist, you strike at the roots of accepted morality. It has been universally agreed, on the authority of generations of novelists, that ...
‎1878
4
Tait's Edinburgh Magazine
Such a horsewhipping being deemed more than was requisite to bring a man of proper feeling out, the Jury, albeit composed of Galway men, brought Mr. Keane in " Guilty ;" and he was sentenced to an imprisonment of six months. This was ...
William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone, 1842
5
Clare Duval: A Novel
In the first place they say that your editor, above all things, enjoys a horsewhipping, if only for business reasons. Probably a horsewhipping on your part would be the very best thing that could happen to increase his circulation — of his journal, ...
Clement Wilkes, 1900
6
The Old Dominion; or, The Southampton massacre: A novel
My dear sir,” I answered, with a calm smile, “ I have had the honor of horsewhipping you already in the presence of several other people. I do not think it necessary to repeat it, as you can't easily take the past horsewhipping off; but if it will be ...
George Payne Rainsford James, 1856
7
Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command
Horsewhipping ? — I think it was horsewhipping ; but the man had not been guilty of that crime. 447. Have you ever heard the governor make use of language of that sort on other occasions ? — Yes ; he has to myself. 448. What ? — He has ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1854
8
The diaries of William Charles Macready, 1833-1851
He told me that he had consulted Fitzgerald and Fonblanque ; the first recommended a severe horsewhipping without a word ; the latter stated his general principle, viz. that if a man was worth horsewhipping, he was worth calling out — which ...
William Charles Macready, William Toynbee, 1912
9
End of Days
Horsewhipping's. Too. Good. For a long time an eighty-seven-year-old man, with shoulder-length white hair, a white beard that reached his belt buckle, and the black blazing eyes of an Old Testament prophet, hunched over his desk. For the ...
Robert Gleason, 2012
10
Real
The most striking transposition from Grantley Berkeley's history to Everard Romfrey's is in the matter of horsewhipping. Angered by a hostile review of his novel Berkeley Castle, an historical romance (1836) in Fraser's Magazine, Grantley and ...
Walter De Gruyter Incorporated, 1987

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HORSEWHIPPING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term horsewhipping is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Lalit Modi and dejà vu UPA
At the centre of it is a James Bond like ringmaster sitting in faraway Montenegro, horsewhipping New Delhi's supreme powers like animals in a ... «Business Standard, Jun 15»
2
Wellington's mud-streaked Waterloo battle cloak up for auction
Her husband was subsequently talked out of suing Wellington, and later fought a duel after horsewhipping another of her lovers in St James's ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
3
This week in history: Charles Sumner attacked in the Senate
Besides, dueling was for social equals; someone as low as this Yankee blackguard deserved a horsewhipping — or a caning.” One South ... «Deseret News, May 15»
4
Stephen King makes ludicrous comparison to DeflateGate
The punishment imposed on the Patriots is ludicrously overblown, comparable to horsewhipping a child for drawing on the wallpaper. «Sun Times National, May 15»
5
150 Years of Bike Lane Battles
Cyclists, and he tells about a bike-hating, road-raging farmer in Chicago named Absalom Wycoff, known for horsewhipping any cyclists riding ... «Wall Street Journal, Apr 15»
6
The Daily Caller's Sexist Attack On “LabiaFace” De Blasio …
If someone at MSNBC had made such a scurrilous remark, Tucker would have demanded an immediate horsewhipping. As Rachael always ... «NewsHounds, Mar 15»
7
OPINION: Buhari Is Battling With His Past
Long queues formed each day as Nigerians endured horsewhipping by uniformed men, just to buy their allocated ration of essential ... «NAIJ.COM, Jan 15»
8
Ode to sports in 2014: When mayhem won the gold
Horsewhipping Cossacks lash Pussy Riot. Russia passes the flag to Korea -. So much for the luge, on to Crimea. Michael Sam comes out, ... «Yahoo Sports, Dec 14»
9
Two Whatcom County men charged for horsewhipping young boy
Two Whatcom County men charged for horsewhipping young boy. Charges have been filed against the father and step-grandfather of a ... «Bellingham Herald, Dec 14»
10
What's at Stake for a Desperate Tory Party in Tonight's Election
Horsewhipping is too good for him. Unfortunately for this pitch, as commentators noted, the local Tory constituency had selected Reckless to be ... «National Review Online, Nov 14»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Horsewhipping [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/horsewhipping>. Apr 2024 ».
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