1. a beating or whipping with a horsewhip; a severe physical punishment
Usage: often used historically or figuratively

1. to beat or strike with a horsewhip; to punish severely with a whip
Usage: present participle of 'horsewhip'
2. to criticize or rebuke harshly; to defeat decisively
Usage: figurative use

Examples

• The historical novel described the horsewhipping of enslaved people as a brutal punishment.
• He was horsewhipping the horse to make it move faster down the road.
• The coach gave the team a horsewhipping in his post-game speech for their poor performance.
• The critic was horsewhipping the new film in her scathing review.
• The opposing team received a horsewhipping, losing by thirty points.
• In colonial times, horsewhipping was a common form of public punishment.
• The newspaper was horsewhipping the politician for his corruption scandal.