larrup

Questions about larrup

What does larrup mean?

larrup means "give a spanking to; subject to a spanking".

How many syllables are in larrup?

larrup has 2 syllables and divides as lar-rup under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for larrup?

Close synonyms include spank, paddle. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is larrup a common word?

larrup is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.