"dogwhip" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dogwhips [plural]
Etymology: From dog + whip. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|dog|whip}} dog + whip Head templates: {{en-noun}} dogwhip (plural dogwhips)
  1. A whip intended for use on dogs. Hypernyms: whip
    Sense id: en-dogwhip-en-noun-0u2zf8z2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48

Verb

Forms: dogwhips [present, singular, third-person], dogwhipping [participle, present], dogwhipped [participle, past], dogwhipped [past]
Etymology: From dog + whip. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|dog|whip}} dog + whip Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} dogwhip (third-person singular simple present dogwhips, present participle dogwhipping, simple past and past participle dogwhipped)
  1. (transitive, rare) To beat with a dogwhip. Tags: rare, transitive
    Sense id: en-dogwhip-en-verb-LfIDlrJQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48

Inflected forms

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