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Synonyms for Taws:
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n.
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- baldhead ,
- baldpate ,
- baldy ,
- bark ,
- bat ,
- blister ,
- bronze ,
- burn ,
- cat ,
- clamber ,
- clobber ,
- convulse ,
- cream ,
- cutis ,
- diploma ,
- drub ,
- flail ,
- flip-flop ,
- flog ,
- g-string ,
- gazump ,
- hide ,
- hook ,
- jactitate ,
- lam ,
- lambskin ,
- lash ,
- lather ,
- lick ,
- mop up ,
- mosh ,
- overcharge ,
- pare ,
- party whip ,
- peel ,
- pelt ,
- pip ,
- pluck ,
- plume ,
- rack up ,
- rob ,
- scald ,
- scramble ,
- scrape ,
- shear ,
- shin ,
- shinny ,
- shoulder strap ,
- skinhead ,
- slam ,
- slam dance ,
- slash ,
- soak ,
- sputter ,
- string of beads ,
- struggle ,
- sunburn ,
- suntan ,
- surcharge ,
- tangent ,
- tegument ,
- thrash about ,
- thresh ,
- thresh about ,
- topaz ,
- toss ,
- trounce ,
- welt ,
- whiplash ,
- whisk ,
- wits ,
- wool ,
- worst ,
- Guns ,
- Shots ,
- TEWS ,
- Torpedoes ,
- balls ,
- beads ,
- buckskin ,
- fleece ,
- fur ,
- globes ,
- gunslingers ,
- leather ,
- letters ,
- marbles ,
- mauls ,
- pushes ,
- scourges ,
- shooters ,
- skin ,
- teases ,
- tows ,
- tugs ,
- vexes .
- whip .
- Cat o' nine tails ,
- Oxhide ,
- Taws ,
- cat-o'-nine-tails ,
- goatskin ,
- goatskins ,
- sheepskin ,
- sheepskins ,
- strop ,
- strops ,
- tooling .
What are the hypernyms for Taws?
A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.
Other hypernyms:
device, implement, instrument, tool.
Usage examples for Taws
Then would the incensed disciplinarian spring upon Peter; and, grasping him by the collar, whirl his Taws in the air, and bring them with his utmost strength round the back, sides, and limbs of Peter; but Peter was like a rock, and his eyes more stubborn than a rock; and, in the midst of all, he gazed in the face of his tormentor with a look of imperturbable defiance and contempt.
"Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX"
In the first few Latin and French lessons the new teacher, Mr. Lyon, blandly smiled at our comical blunders, but pedagogical weather of the severest kind quickly set in, when for every mistake, everything short of perfection, the Taws was promptly applied.
"The Story of My Boyhood and Youth"
She was roused by a smart blow from the Taws, flung with unerring aim at the back of her bare bended neck.
"Alec Forbes of Howglen"
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