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quirt

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Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
15
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/kwɜːt/ (UK)
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/kwɜːt/ (UK) · /kwɚt/ (US)

Definition of quirt

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A rawhide whip plaited with two thongs of buffalo hide.
    “He sprang into the saddle easily as a bird, got the quirt from the horn, and gave his pony a slash with it.”
    “He paused a moment and flicked a sage-brush with his quirt.”
    “[…] when the young man whirled his horse, “hazed” Jupiter in circles and belaboured him with a rawhide quirt, […] He ceased his cavortings […]”
    “He wore a revolver down low, with ammunition belt, and carried a small quirt of some kind, and pieces of leather hanging everywhere, like a walking torture chamber: shiny shoes, low-hanging jacket, cocky hat, everything but boots.”
    “She raised the handle of her beautiful quirt to her eyes and scanned the Western horizon.”
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noun

  1. A rawhide whip plaited with two thongs of buffalo hide.
    “He sprang into the saddle easily as a bird, got the quirt from the horn, and gave his pony a slash with it.”
    “He paused a moment and flicked a sage-brush with his quirt.”
    “[…] when the young man whirled his horse, “hazed” Jupiter in circles and belaboured him with a rawhide quirt, […] He ceased his cavortings […]”
    “He wore a revolver down low, with ammunition belt, and carried a small quirt of some kind, and pieces of leather hanging everywhere, like a walking torture chamber: shiny shoes, low-hanging jacket, cocky hat, everything but boots.”
    “She raised the handle of her beautiful quirt to her eyes and scanned the Western horizon.”

verb

  1. To strike with a quirt.

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Etymology

From Spanish cuerda (“cord”), or Mexican Spanish cuarta (“whip”).

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