| has gloss | (verb) give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students"
work over, beat, beat up |
| lexicalization | eng: beat up |
| lexicalization | eng: beat |
| lexicalization | eng: work over |
| has subclass | (verb) use physical force against; "They strong-armed me when I left the restaurant"
strong-arm |
| has subclass | (verb) beat severely
soak |
| has subclass | (verb) beat with a pistol
pistol-whip |
| has subclass | (verb) beat soundly
belabor, belabour |
| has subclass | (verb) treat violently; "The police strong-armed the suspect"
rough up |
| has subclass | (verb) beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"
lather, slash, lash, whip, trounce, welt, strap, flog |
| has subclass | (verb) beat with a cane
cane, lambast, flog, lambaste |
| has subclass | (verb) knock unconscious or senseless; "the boxing champion knocked out his opponent in a few seconds"
knock out, kayo, knock cold |
| has subclass | (verb) give a thrashing to; beat hard
flail, thresh, thrash, lam |
| has subclass | (verb) strike violently and repeatedly; "She clobbered the man who tried to attack her"
batter, clobber, baste |
| has subclass | (verb) give a spanking to; subject to a spanking
larrup, paddle, spank |