quirt
/kwurt/US // kwɜrt //UK // (kwɜːt) US and Southern African //
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Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a riding whip consisting of a short, stout stock and a lash of braided leather.
v.有主动词 verb
- 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.
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