whip-arse

English

Alternative forms

whip arse

Etymology 1

From whip +‎ arse. Possibly a calque of French fouette-cul, from fouetter (“to whip”) + cul (“arse”).

Noun

whip-arse (plural whip-arses)

(obsolete) A schoolmaster.
- 1611, Randle Cotgrave, A Dictionarie of the French and English Tongues, page FES-FES:
  Feſſe-cul. A Pedanticall whip-arſe.

Synonyms

bum-brusher, flog-bottom

Noun

whip-arse (uncountable)

Alternative spelling of whoop-ass

Anagrams

Peshwari

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