- beat, knock, or whale the tar out of
- idi beat, knock, or whale the tar out of, to beat mercilessly
From formal English to slang. 2014.
beat, knock, or whale the tar out of
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tar — tar1 /tahr/, n., v., tarred, tarring, adj. n. 1. any of various dark colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood. 2. coal tar pitch. 3. smoke solids or components: cigarette tar … Universalium
tar — I [[t]tɑr[/t]] n. v. tarred, tar•ring, adj. 1) chem. any of various dark colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood 2) chem. coal tar pitch 3) chem. smoke solids or components:… … From formal English to slang
beat — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. throb, stroke, accent, rhythm; pulse; route. See business, region. v. throb, pulsate; strike, batter; conquer, defeat. See regularity, impulse, superiority, agitation. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1.… … English dictionary for students
whip — v 1. lash, switch, birch, scourge, flog, flagellate; horsewhip, cowhide, curry, strap, flail, Sl. belt; spank, thrash, thresh, Inf. trim, Inf. lace, Inf. tan [s.o. s] hide, Inf. whale, Inf. whale the tar out of, Brit. Dial. yerk; strike, hit,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
scourge — n 1. whip, horsewhip, bullwhip, cowhide, rawhide, thong, strap; flail, lash, switch, cat o ninetails, cat; flagellum, knout, quirt, U.S. blacksnake; bastinado, rod, stick, baton, cane, cudgel, blackjack, club, Inf. billy. 2. plague, pestilence,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
trounce — v 1. beat, thrash, flog, Inf. lambaste, Archaic. belabor, pound, batter, pummel, hit soundly, Inf. whale; Inf. give it to, Sl. let [s.o.] have it, Sl. sock it to, Sl. give [s.o.] the business, Sl. work [s.o.] over, Sl. give [s.o.] the works. 2.… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… … Universalium
environment — environmental, adj. environmentally, adv. /en vuy reuhn meuhnt, vuy euhrn /, n. 1. the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu. 2. Ecol. the air, water, minerals, organisms, and all other external factors… … Universalium
