zombola
06-29-2015, 11:46 AM
larrup
\ LAR-uhp \ , verb;
1.
To beat or thrash.
Quotes:
When a seagoing canoe beached on the stones, or when a neighbor 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
Origin:
Larrup may derive from the Dutch word larpen meaning "to beat with flails".
\ LAR-uhp \ , verb;
1.
To beat or thrash.
Quotes:
When a seagoing canoe beached on the stones, or when a neighbor 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
Origin:
Larrup may derive from the Dutch word larpen meaning "to beat with flails".