Lash

What “Lash” means

Noun

1. The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.
2. A leash in which an animal is caught or held; hence, a snare.
3. A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough, often given as a punishment.
4. A quick and violent sweeping movement, as of an animal's tail; a swish.
5. A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut.

Verb

1. To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.
2. To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash.
3. To throw out with a jerk or quickly.
4. To scold; or to satirize; to censure with severity.
5. To ply the whip; to strike.

Verb

1. To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten.

Adj

1. Remiss, lax.
2. Relaxed.
3. Soft, watery, wet.
4. Excellent, wonderful.
5. Drunk.

Where the word comes from

From Middle English lashe, lasshe, lasche (“a stroke; the flexible end of a whip”), from Proto-Germanic *laskô (“flap of fabric, strap”). Cognate with Dutch lasch, las (“a piece; seal; joint; notch; seam”), German Low German Laske, Lask (“a flap; dag; strap”), German Lasche (“a flap; joint; strap; tongue; scarf”), Swedish lask (“scarf”), Icelandic laski (“the bottom part of a glove”).

From Middle French lachier, from Old French lacier (“to lace”).

From Old French lasche (French lâche).

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