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4 letters

LASH
A quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object; "the whip raised a red welt"

WHIP
A quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object; "the whip raised a red welt"

CANE
A stiff switch used to hit students as punishment

WELT
A raised or strengthened seam

SELL
The activity of persuading someone to buy; "it was a hard sell"

BEAT
The act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing

5 letters

BIRCH
A switch consisting of a twig or a bundle of twigs from a birch tree; used to hit people as punishment; "my father never spared the birch"

SLASH
A strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument

STRAP
A band that goes over the shoulder and supports a garment or bag

6 letters

THRASH
A swimming kick used while treading water

LATHER
The foam resulting from excessive sweating (as on a horse)

LARRUP
Give a spanking to; subject to a spanking

7 letters

SCOURGE
A whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor)

TROUNCE
Censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"

LAMBAST
Censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"

8 letters

LAMBASTE
Censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"

CHASTISE
Censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks"

9 letters

HORSEWHIP
Whip with a whip intended for horses