larrup
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Uncertain. Many dictionaries suggest a connection with Dutch larpen (“to thresh with flails”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
larrup (third-person singular simple present larrups, present participle larruping or larrupping, simple past and past participle larruped or larrupped)
- (transitive) To beat or thrash.
- 1922 February, James Joyce, Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:
- ZOE-FANNY: I let him larrup it into me for the fun of it.
- 1938, Graham Greene, Brighton Rock:
- ‘A kid like that oughtn’t to be mixed up with things,’ Ida said. ‘If he was mine I’d just larrup it out of him.’
Noun[edit]
larrup (countable and uncountable, plural larrups)
- (countable) A blow or smack.
- 2013, Ken Sears, The Boy From Treacle Bumstead:
- That way, you got the perfect four-in-one gauge every time. If you were caught doing it any other way, you got a larrup round the lughole or a kick up the khyber.
- (uncountable) backchat or rudeness
- Oi, less of your larrup!
Synonyms[edit]
- (rudeness): backchat, cheek (informal), impertinence, impudence, rudeness