"beat with the ugly stick" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: beats with the ugly stick [present, singular, third-person], beating with the ugly stick [participle, present], beat with the ugly stick [past], beaten with the ugly stick [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|beat<,,beat,beaten> with the ugly stick}} beat with the ugly stick (third-person singular simple present beats with the ugly stick, present participle beating with the ugly stick, simple past beat with the ugly stick, past participle beaten with the ugly stick)
  1. (idiomatic, slang, in the past participle) Used to describe someone who is particularly ugly or unattractive. Tags: idiomatic, slang Related terms: hit with the stupid stick
    Sense id: en-beat_with_the_ugly_stick-en-verb-U97ztdCm
  2. (idiomatic, slang) To engage in penile copulation. Tags: idiomatic, slang
    Sense id: en-beat_with_the_ugly_stick-en-verb-pGdV2Ogx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 76

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for beat with the ugly stick meaning in English (1.8kB)

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