lash
noun/læʃ/
/læʃ/
- (also eyelash)[usually plural] one of the hairs growing on the edge of the eyelids
- his long dark lashes
- She lowered her lashes in sudden embarrassment.
- a hit with a whip, given as a form of punishment
- They each received 20 lashes for stealing.
- (figurative) to feel the lash of somebody’s tongue (= to be spoken to in an angry and critical way)
- the thin leather part at the end of a whip
- The lash struck him across the back.
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘make a sudden movement’): probably imitative.
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