lash noun (HIT) - definition in British English Dictionary & Thesaurus - Cambridge Dictionary Online

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/læʃ/ n

Definition

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[C or S] a thin strip of leather at the end of a whip, or a hit with this, especially as a form of punishment

He received 30 lashes for the crime.

The punishment for disobedience was the lash.

See also: whiplash

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[C] a sudden violent movement of something that can bend

With a powerful lash of its tail, the fish jumped out of the net and back into the river.

(Definition of lash noun (HIT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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