Hide
Hide verb - To strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible.
Usage example: threatened to hide the boys with his cane if he ever found them on his property again
Knout
Knout noun - A whip with a lash of leather thongs twisted with wire; used for flogging prisoners.
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Knout and Hide. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/hide/knout
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