English

Noun

dogwhip ‎(plural dogwhips)

1. A whip intended for use on dogs.
   • 1862, Philip Gilbert Hamerton, A Painter's Camp in the Highlands, and Thoughts about Art

     Here the speaker took a dogwhip from his pocket...

   • 1950, Wilhelm Stekel, Eden Paul, Technique of Analytical Psychotherapy

     On one occasion it tried to creep under her petticoat and lick her, so she thrashed it with the dogwhip.

Verb

dogwhip ‎(third-person singular simple present dogwhips, present participle dogwhipping, simple past and past participle dogwhipped)

1. (transitive, rare) To beat with a dogwhip.