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quirt

/kwurt/US // kwɜrt //UK // (kwɜːt) US and Southern African //

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a riding whip consisting of a short, stout stock and a lash of braided leather.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to strike with a quirt.

Examples

  • The girl was trembling with anger, or apprehension, and tapped her boot nervously with her quirt as she spoke.

  • Alfred turned up the hill again, and without a word began applying his quirt vigorously to the wiry shoulders of his horse.

  • "You can sit down again in the meantime," Sadie replied, and occupied a chair opposite, with the quirt on her knee.

  • If you'd struck him with the butt of that quirt you might have killed him.

  • As they went up, Ted brought down his quirt with all his strength.