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1. batter, pound, lay on, pommel, pummel, Sl. paste, Archaic. belabor; thrash, flog, lash, switch, birch, scourge, flagellate, whip, horsewhip, curry, strap, thresh, flail, cowhide, spank, Brit. Dial. yerk, Inf. tan [s.o.'s] hide, Inf. trim, Inf. thump, Inf. lace, Inf. lambaste, Inf. whale, Sl. whomp; hit, strike, smite, thwack, slap, smack, Australian. ding; punch, knock, cuff, buffet, box, sandbag, Scot, and North Eng. paik, Scot. dunt, Inf. clout, Inf. slug, Inf. whack, Dial. hit [s.o.] up side the head, Inf. knock [s.o.'s] block off, Inf. wallop, Inf. crown, Sl. conk, Sl. bash, Sl. belt, Sl. sock, Sl. plug, U.S. Si. biff, Sl. bop; cudgel, fustigate, bludgeon, baste, cane, bastinado, club, hammer, sledge hammer; maul, manhandle, rough up, Inf. give it to, Sl. knock around or about, Sl. give [s.o.] the business, Sl. give [s.o.] the works, Sl. give [s.o.] what for, Sl. work over, Sl. let [s.o.] have it, Sl. lay into.

2.(all of water) lap, wash, bathe, break against, dash against.

3. flutter, flap, flop, wave, undulate, vacillate, fluctuate; toss about, agitate, vibrate, quiver, shake, tremble, shiver; rotate, whirl, wheel, turn, revolve.

4.(all of food) stir, mix, blend; whip, whisk, froth.

5. shape, form, mold, forge, hammer; generate, create, fashion, model, manufacture, make, fabricate; produce, cause, effect, bring about, accomplish.

6. tread, trample, wear, groove, channel, make a way.

7.(often fol. by up) thrash, trounce, drub, Inf. wallop, Inf. whale, Sl. clobber, Sl. pin one's ears back.

8. defeat, trounce, rout, vanquish, worst, Inf. lick, Sl. shellac, Sl. pulverize; conquer, master, overthrow, overpower, overwhelm; break, subdue, quell, quench, thwart, check, stop; quash, destroy, crush, trample, do for, Sl. do in.

9. win over [s.o.], place first, get the better of, Sl. beat out; surpass, eclipse, exceed, excel, transcend, top, outdo, outstrip, do more for [s.o.]; overcome, prevail over.

10. throb, pound, thump; pulsate, pulse, palpitate.

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11. stroke, blow, bastinado, Scot. dunt, Scot, and North Eng. paik, punch, box, knockout, Both Boxing. left, right, Inf. whomp, Inf. wallop, Both Brit. Dial. douse, yerk, U.S. Sl. biff, Sl. bop; buffet, cuff, strike, hit, thwack, slap, smack, Inf. whack, Inf. clout, Sl. conk, Sl. bash.

12. tap, click, clap, tick, ticktock.

13. throb, thump, pulsation, pulse, palpitation.

14. run, round, circuit, orbit, course, route, path, tack, tour, journey; assignment, duty, job, task, chore; zone, area, neighborhood.

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