Dogwhip

Full definition of dogwhip

Noun

1. A whip intended for use on dogs.
• 1862, Philip Gilbert Hamerton, A Painter's Camp in the Highlands, and Thoughts about ArtHere the speaker took a dogwhip from his pocket...
• 1950, Wilhelm Stekel, Eden Paul, Technique of Analytical PsychotherapyOn one occasion it tried to creep under her petticoat and lick her, so she thrashed it with the dogwhip.

Verb

1. (transitive, rare) To beat with a dogwhip.