Pussywhipped

Alternative forms

• pussy-whipped
• pussy whipped

Origin

First attested 1956.

Verb

1. Past participle of pussywhip
• 2003, Julie Burchill, quoted by Paul Daley and John Mangan, "Can Becks really get the boot?," The Age, 14 June:"Beckham has been grotesquely, massively pussywhipped by his talentless, ambition-hound of a wife."

Full definition of pussywhipped

Adjective

1. (slang, vulgar, of a man) Submissive to or dominated by one's wife or other female partner, frequently with the connotation that this submissive behavior is for the prospect of sex.
• 1993, Deborah Smith, Blue Willow, ISBN 9780553296907, p. 167:"You have bad taste in women if you picked one who doesn't trust you enough to let you keep your friends. Or you must be the most pussy-whipped man in New York."
• 2004, Psycho vs. Psycho, filmthreat.com, 1 Dec. (retrieved 11 Nov 2010)Our first impression of Norman is that he's a nice guy, a little pussywhipped with perhaps a few issues, but nobody dangerous.

Synonyms

• (submissive to one's female partner) cowed, henpecked, under the thumb, uxorious, whipped