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Noun knout has 1 sense
  1. knout - a whip with a lash of leather thongs twisted with wire; used for flogging prisoners
    --1 is a kind of     whip

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Knout

Part of Speech: Noun

Sense: A heavy, often knotted whip used primarily in Russia for corporal punishment.

Usage:

  1. The knout was a particularly brutal form of punishment in Tsarist Russia.
  2. During the 19th century, political dissidents in Russia were frequently subjected to the knout.

Sense: Verb

Meaning: To whip or beat someone with a knout.

Usage:

  1. The prisoner was knouted as a form of punishment.
  2. He was knouted mercilessly for his perceived betrayal.

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