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knout

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1 syllable
5 characters
English (US)
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knout

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Because it is a word with a single syllable, knout is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.

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Definitions ofknout

1noun
  • A leather scourge (multi-tail whip), in the severe version known as 'great knout' with metal weights on each tongue, notoriously used in imperial Russia.

    Example: "1980: Spray and then slogging knouts of water hit the windows or lights like snarling disaffected at a mansion of the rich and frivolous. — Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers"

1verb
  • To flog or beat with a knout.

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