knout

knout is a 5-letter English word with 3 senses as noun and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A kind of whip for flogging criminals, formerly much used in Russia. The last is a tapering bundle of leather thongs twisted with wire and hardened, so that it mangles the flesh. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A kind of whip for flogging criminals, formerly much used in Russia. The last is a tapering bundle of leather thongs twisted with wire and hardened, so that it mangles the flesh.
2. transitive verb. To punish with the knout.
3. noun. a whip with a lash of leather thongs twisted with wire; used for flogging prisoners

Common word forms

knouts, knouted, knouting

Words from these letters

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