larrups

noun

plural of larrup, dialect
as in punches
a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument he gave the ball a good larrup with his club, and it easily cleared the ditch

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for larrups
  1. punches
  2. blows
  3. pounds
  4. thuds
  5. thumps
  6. swipes
  7. strokes
  8. hits
Noun
  • The farm offers a punch card to residents for $18 and is good for up to 14 punches or around 21 bags of debris.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Hadribeaj attacked the body early, crouching beneath Fundora’s punches and landing looping shots over the top.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of punches
Noun
  • Deaton was well-prepared, brought the fire, and landed a number of blows that at times appeared to make Markey wince.
    — Jon Keller, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The two countries have been trading blows on energy infrastructure.
    — Justina Lee, CNBC, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of blows
Noun
  • Callahan is described as 5-foot-7 and 100 pounds with gray hair and blue eyes.
    — Michael McGough, Sacbee.com, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Bags of wet leaves can weigh up to 15 pounds heavier on average.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of pounds
Noun
  • Rapp, up on Taft Point, heard two thuds.
    — Nick Paumgarten, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • Likewise, the score by Tony Doogan leans too heavily on generic electronic thuds, the kind that segue into a commercial break cliffhanger and an ad for blood pressure medicine.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
Definition of thuds
Noun
  • The lower-vocal harmony struggles to stand out any time the deeper bass thumps.
    — Mark Knapp, PC Magazine, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Agents yelled from every direction, and the thumps of a news helicopter overhead were deafening.
    — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 28 May 2026
Definition of thumps
Noun
  • Behind the metallic Ray-Ban logo on the right temple is a touch surface for taps and swipes to accept calls and control audio playback.
    — Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 13 Oct. 2026
  • On social media, the campaign has highlighted events such as Begich’s visit to the Alaska State Fair and recently has taken swipes at Hill.
    — Becky Bohrer, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of swipes
Noun
  • The Spanish golfer was leading by two strokes on 14-under par when Saturday’s play at the DP World India Championship was suspended because of fading light, with most of the field yet to finish their third round.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
  • One of the many clever strokes in Andrew O’Hagan’s 2024 novel Caledonian Road was casting his floundering, public intellectual hero as the author of a best-selling biography of Johannes Vermeer.
    — Susan Tallman, The New York Review of Books, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of strokes
Noun
  • Ahead of rocking the Pond with its classic hits, the famed norteño band brought its signature sound and activism to NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert.
    — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Holland, one insider with knowledge of Netflix observed to Variety, built a business of boutique hits.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of hits
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“Larrups.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/larrups. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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