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Rareknout
The correct spelling is knout.
How to pronounce knout
noun
IPA: [nʌʊt]
Say it like: Now-t
The correct spelling is knout. 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. For example: "1980: Spray and then slogging knouts of water hit the windows or lights like snarling disaffected at a mansion of the rich and frivolous. — Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers"
Usage Examples
“1980: Spray and then slogging knouts of water hit the windows or lights like snarling disaffected at a mansion of the rich and frivolous. — Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers”
Meanings
noun
- 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.
verb
- 1.To flog or beat with a knout.
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