Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to horsewhip
Participle: horsewhipped
Gerund: horsewhipping
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | horsewhip |
| you | horsewhip |
| he;she;it | horsewhips |
| we | horsewhip |
| you | horsewhip |
| they | horsewhip |
Perfect
| I | have horsewhipped |
| you | have horsewhipped |
| he;she;it | has horsewhipped |
| we | have horsewhipped |
| you | have horsewhipped |
| they | have horsewhipped |
Past
| I | horsewhipped |
| you | horsewhipped |
| he;she;it | horsewhipped |
| we | horsewhipped |
| you | horsewhipped |
| they | horsewhipped |
Pluperfect
| I | had horsewhipped |
| you | had horsewhipped |
| he;she;it | had horsewhipped |
| we | had horsewhipped |
| you | had horsewhipped |
| they | had horsewhipped |
Future
| I | will horsewhip |
| you | will horsewhip |
| he;she;it | will horsewhip |
| we | will horsewhip |
| you | will horsewhip |
| they | will horsewhip |
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 |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | horsewhip |
| you | horsewhip |
| he;she;it | horsewhip |
| we | horsewhip |
| you | horsewhip |
| they | horsewhip |
Perfect
| I | have horsewhipped |
| you | have horsewhipped |
| he;she;it | have horsewhipped |
| we | have horsewhipped |
| you | have horsewhipped |
| they | have horsewhipped |
Imperfect
| I | horsewhipped |
| you | horsewhipped |
| he;she;it | horsewhipped |
| we | horsewhipped |
| you | horsewhipped |
| they | horsewhipped |
Pluperfect
| I | had horsewhipped |
| you | had horsewhipped |
| he;she;it | had horsewhipped |
| we | had horsewhipped |
| you | had horsewhipped |
| they | had horsewhipped |
Conditional
Present
| I | would horsewhip |
| you | would horsewhip |
| he;she;it | would horsewhip |
| we | would horsewhip |
| you | would horsewhip |
| they | would horsewhip |
Perfect
| I | would have horsewhipped |
| you | would have horsewhipped |
| he;she;it | would have horsewhipped |
| we | would have horsewhipped |
| you | would have horsewhipped |
| they | would have horsewhipped |
Imperative
| you | horsewhip |
| we | Let's horsewhip |
| you | horsewhip |
Verbs conjugated like 'horsewhip'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'horsewhip'
horsesit,
worship,
airship,
cartwhip,
dogwhip,
foreweep,
hardship,
harelip,
horse,
horseplay,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From horse + whip.
Sample Sentences
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[T]heir children were horsewhipped by the grieve when found trespassing; […] [1815 February 24, [Walter Scott], chapter VII, in Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and Archibald Constable and Co., […], →OCLC, page 110:]
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"Dangerous things, sir—dangerous things!" exclaimed Mr. Lintot, drawing a deep breath of air from the open window: "do you know, sir, Curl published a lampoon on Lord Hervey the other day, who said that he would have horsewhipped him if he could have found his way into the city. Only think, sir, of horsewhipping a publisher!" and Mr. Lintot grew pale with excess of horror. [1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Alteration”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 22:]
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Of course he would be justified in horsewhipping him. But there were difficulties. A man is not horsewhipped simply because you wish to horsewhip him. [1876, Anthony Trollope, “The Silverbridge Election”, in The Prime Minister. […], volume II, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, page 235:]
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[H]e horsewhipped Sam Brewer, the well-known Curzon Street moneylender, on Newmarket Heath. He nearly killed the man. [1927 March 5, Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place”, in The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, published June 1927, →OCLC, page 277:]
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Ten years ago, with the secret out, they and South African judge James Harkess arrived back in London, with the husband/father saying he wanted to have Mr Clark horsewhipped. [2004 June 12, Vikram Dodd, “Coven's footnote to Clark diaries”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Sep 2014:]