Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to knout
Participle: knouted
Gerund: knouting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | knout |
| you | knout |
| he;she;it | knouts |
| we | knout |
| you | knout |
| they | knout |
Perfect
| I | have knouted |
| you | have knouted |
| he;she;it | has knouted |
| we | have knouted |
| you | have knouted |
| they | have knouted |
Past
| I | knouted |
| you | knouted |
| he;she;it | knouted |
| we | knouted |
| you | knouted |
| they | knouted |
Pluperfect
| I | had knouted |
| you | had knouted |
| he;she;it | had knouted |
| we | had knouted |
| you | had knouted |
| they | had knouted |
Future
| I | will knout |
| you | will knout |
| he;she;it | will knout |
| we | will knout |
| you | will knout |
| they | will knout |
Future Perfect
| I | will have knouted |
| you | will have knouted |
| he;she;it | will have knouted |
| we | will have knouted |
| you | will have knouted |
| they | will have knouted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | knout |
| you | knout |
| he;she;it | knout |
| we | knout |
| you | knout |
| they | knout |
Perfect
| I | have knouted |
| you | have knouted |
| he;she;it | have knouted |
| we | have knouted |
| you | have knouted |
| they | have knouted |
Imperfect
| I | knouted |
| you | knouted |
| he;she;it | knouted |
| we | knouted |
| you | knouted |
| they | knouted |
Pluperfect
| I | had knouted |
| you | had knouted |
| he;she;it | had knouted |
| we | had knouted |
| you | had knouted |
| they | had knouted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would knout |
| you | would knout |
| he;she;it | would knout |
| we | would knout |
| you | would knout |
| they | would knout |
Perfect
| I | would have knouted |
| you | would have knouted |
| he;she;it | would have knouted |
| we | would have knouted |
| you | would have knouted |
| they | would have knouted |
Imperative
| you | knout |
| we | Let's knout |
| you | knout |
Verbs conjugated like 'knout'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'knout'
knot,
snout,
bout,
clout,
dout,
flout,
glout,
grout,
knit,
knob,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- beating the human body with special implements
- cut, feague, flagellate, flog, lash, lather, quirt, scourge, scutch, slash, strap, stripe, whip, thresh, whoop, yark
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Via French knout from Russian кнут (knut), from Old East Slavic кнутъ (knutŭ), from Old Norse knútr (“knot in a cord”). Doublet of knot, node, and nodus.
Sample Sentences
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Different, isn’t it? It’s called kava, by the way. The Fijians make it by knouting some root or other. [1992, Will Self, Cock and Bull:]