Larrup

Word of the Day for Wednesday, June 6, 2012

larrup \LAR-uhp\, verb:

To beat or thrash.

When a seagoing canoe beached on the stones, or when a neighbour came larruping from around back of the house, Martha Obenchain, peeling potatoes at a table in the sun, rose and put the kettle on, tickled pink.
-- Annie Dillard, The Living

A fast white boat comes larruping around the point from the direction of Mercer Island and banks towards him.
-- Neal Stephenson, Cryptonomicon

Larrup may derive from the Dutch word larpen meaning "to beat with flails".

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