"knout" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /naʊt/, [nʌʊt] [Canada] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-knout.wav Forms: knouts [plural]
Rhymes: -aʊt Etymology: Via French knout from Russian кнут (knut), from Old East Slavic кнутъ (knutŭ), from Old Norse knútr (“knot in a cord”). Doublet of knot, node, and nodus. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|knout}} French knout, {{der|en|ru|кнут}} Russian кнут (knut), {{der|en|orv|кнутъ}} Old East Slavic кнутъ (knutŭ), {{der|en|non|knútr|t=knot in a cord}} Old Norse knútr (“knot in a cord”), {{doublet|en|knot|node|nodus}} Doublet of knot, node, and nodus Head templates: {{en-noun}} knout (plural knouts)
  1. A leather scourge (multi-tail whip), in the severe version known as 'great knout' with metal weights on each tongue, notoriously used in imperial Russia. Hypernyms: scourge Translations (kind of whip): сыбыртҡы (sıbırtqı) (Bashkir), bič [masculine] (Czech), knuta [feminine] (Czech), knoet (Dutch), knuto (Esperanto), knútakoyril [masculine] (Faroese), nagaikka (Finnish), knout [masculine] (French), როზგი (rozgi) (Georgian), შოლტი (šolṭi) (Georgian), მათრახი (matraxi) (Georgian), Knute [feminine] (German), kancsuka (Hungarian), knuto (Ido), pātaga [feminine] (Latvian), knut [masculine] (Polish), nahajka [feminine] (Polish), bicz [masculine] (Polish), кнут (knut) [masculine] (Russian), нага́йка (nagájka) [feminine] (Russian), хлыст (xlyst) [masculine] (Russian), бич (bič) [masculine] (Russian), ро́зга (rózga) [masculine] (Russian), knutpiska [common-gender] (Swedish), knut [common-gender] (Swedish)
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Verb

IPA: /naʊt/, [nʌʊt] [Canada] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-knout.wav Forms: knouts [present, singular, third-person], knouting [participle, present], knouted [participle, past], knouted [past]
Rhymes: -aʊt Etymology: Via French knout from Russian кнут (knut), from Old East Slavic кнутъ (knutŭ), from Old Norse knútr (“knot in a cord”). Doublet of knot, node, and nodus. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|knout}} French knout, {{der|en|ru|кнут}} Russian кнут (knut), {{der|en|orv|кнутъ}} Old East Slavic кнутъ (knutŭ), {{der|en|non|knútr|t=knot in a cord}} Old Norse knútr (“knot in a cord”), {{doublet|en|knot|node|nodus}} Doublet of knot, node, and nodus Head templates: {{en-verb}} knout (third-person singular simple present knouts, present participle knouting, simple past and past participle knouted)
  1. To flog or beat with a knout. Synonyms (to whip or scourge): whip
    Sense id: en-knout-en-verb-L4JCNSZy

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          "ref": "1832 October 27, Winthrop Mackworth Praed, Derwent Coleridge, “Tales out of School. A Dropt Letter from a Lady.”, in The Poems of Winthrop Mackworth Praed, […]. In Two Volumes, 4th edition, volume II, London: E[dward] Moxon, Son & Co., […], published 1874, →OCLC, page 217:",
          "text": "In Moscow, a Court carbonadoes / His ignorant serfs with the knout; / […] / But Eton has crueller terrors / Than these,—in the Windsor Express.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 5, in Vanity Fair:",
          "text": "Torture in a public school is as much licensed as the knout in Russia.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1980, Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers:",
          "text": "Spray and then slogging knouts of water hit the windows or lights like snarling disaffected at a mansion of the rich and frivolous.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, James Meek, The People's Act of Love, Canongate, published 2006, page 193:",
          "text": "The lieutenant gave him twenty strokes of the knout and stuck him in a cage for a few days till the snow was ankle deep.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "A leather scourge (multi-tail whip), in the severe version known as 'great knout' with metal weights on each tongue, notoriously used in imperial Russia."
      ],
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          "whip",
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        ]
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/naʊt/"
    },
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      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-knout.wav",
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[nʌʊt]",
      "tags": [
        "Canada"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊt"
    }
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    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "sıbırtqı",
      "sense": "kind of whip",
      "word": "сыбыртҡы"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "kind of whip",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bič"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "kind of whip",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "knuta"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "kind of whip",
      "word": "knoet"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "kind of whip",
      "word": "knuto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "kind of whip",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "knútakoyril"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "kind of whip",
      "word": "nagaikka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "kind of whip",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "knout"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "rozgi",
      "sense": "kind of whip",
      "word": "როზგი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "šolṭi",
      "sense": "kind of whip",
      "word": "შოლტი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "matraxi",
      "sense": "kind of whip",
      "word": "მათრახი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "kind of whip",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Knute"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "kind of whip",
      "word": "kancsuka"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "kind of whip",
      "word": "knuto"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "kind of whip",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "pātaga"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "kind of whip",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "knut"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "kind of whip",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "nahajka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "kind of whip",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bicz"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "knut",
      "sense": "kind of whip",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "кнут"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nagájka",
      "sense": "kind of whip",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "нага́йка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xlyst",
      "sense": "kind of whip",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "хлыст"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bič",
      "sense": "kind of whip",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "бич"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rózga",
      "sense": "kind of whip",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "ро́зга"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "kind of whip",
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      "word": "knutpiska"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "kind of whip",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "knut"
    }
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}

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    "Rhymes:English/aʊt/1 syllable",
    "Terms with Bashkir translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with Faroese translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Georgian translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Ido translations",
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      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ru",
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      },
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      },
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    },
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      "args": {
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      "name": "der"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "knot",
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        "4": "nodus"
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      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "knouting",
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        "participle",
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    },
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      "form": "knouted",
      "tags": [
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1992, Will Self, Cock and Bull:",
          "text": "Different, isn’t it? It’s called kava, by the way. The Fijians make it by knouting some root or other.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To flog or beat with a knout."
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          "flog",
          "flog"
        ],
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          "beat",
          "beat"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/naʊt/"
    },
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      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-knout.wav",
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[nʌʊt]",
      "tags": [
        "Canada"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊt"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "to whip or scourge",
      "word": "whip"
    }
  ],
  "word": "knout"
}

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