| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defeat; gain advantage |
| Synonyms: | KO, beat, beat up, better, blank*, blast*, bulldoze, clobber, conquer, cream*, deck, drub, exceed, excel, flax, floor*, get the better of, knock off, lambaste, let have it, lick*, master, outclass, outdo, outshine, outstrip, overcome, prevail, put away, shoot down, shut down, surpass, take care of, take down, tan*, thrash*, top, total, transcend, trash*, triumph, triumph over, trounce, wallop, waste*, wax, whip*, whomp, whop, wipe out, wipe the floor with, wipe, zap |
| Antonyms: | give up, lose, relent, surrender |
| Main Entry: | flog |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | whip, lash |
| Synonyms: | beat, belt, cane, castigate, chastise, ferule, flagellate, flax, flay, give the cat o'nine tails, hide, hit, larrup, lather, leather, paddle, scourge, spank, strike, stripe, tan one's hide, thrash, trounce, wax, whack, whale, whomp, whop |
| Main Entry: | hit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | strike |
| Synonyms: | KO, bang, bash, bat, batter, beat, belt, blast, blitz, box*, brain*, buffet, bump, clap, clip, clobber, clout, club, crack, cudgel, cuff, dab, ding, flail, flax, flog, give a black eye, hammer*, hook, jab, kick, knock, knock around, knock out, lace, lambaste, larrup, lather, let fly, let have it, lob, nail, pellet, pelt, percuss, pop, pound, punch, rap, ride roughshod, slap, smack, sock, stone, swat, tap, thrash, thump, thwack, trash, uppercut, wallop, whack, whang |
| Main Entry: | spank |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | slap, usually on bottom |
| Synonyms: | belt, blip, box, buffet, cane, chastise, clobber, clout, cuff, flax, flog, hide, larrup, lash, lather, leather, lick, paddle, punch, punish, put over one's knee, smack, sock, tan one's hide, tan*, thrash, trim, wallop, welt, whip, whup |
| Main Entry: | hemp |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | plant |
| Synonyms: | abaca, ambary, bang, bhang, cannabis, fennel, fiber, flax, hashish, jute, kef, kif, manila, marijuana |
| Main Entry: | thread |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fiber |
| Synonyms: | cord, cotton, filament, flax, floss, ligature, lint, lisle, pile, ravel, raveling, silk, stamen, staple, strand, string, thrum, twine, warp, weft, wire, woof, wool, yarn |