different between lash vs firk
lash
English
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /læ?/
- Rhymes: -æ?
Etymology 1
From Middle English lashe, lasshe, lasche (“a stroke; the flexible end of a whip”), from Proto-Germanic *laskô (“flap of fabric, strap”).
Cognate with Dutch lasch, las (“a piece; seal; joint; notch; seam”), German Low German Laske, Lask (“a flap; dag; strap”), German Lasche (“a flap; joint; strap; tongue; scarf”), Swedish lask (“scarf”), Icelandic laski (“the bottom part of a glove”).
Noun
lash (plural lashes)
- The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.
- I observed that your whip wanted a lash to it.
- (obsolete) A leash in which an animal is caught or held; hence, a snare.
- A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough.
- A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut.
- A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.
- In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure.
Translations
Verb
lash (third-person singular simple present lashes, present participle lashing, simple past and past participle lashed)
- (transitive) To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.
- We lash the pupil, and defraud the ward
- (transitive) To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash.
- (transitive) To throw out with a jerk or quickly.
- (transitive) To scold; or to satirize; to censure with severity.
- Synonym: berate
- (intransitive) To ply the whip; to strike.
- (intransitive) To utter censure or sarcastic language.
- To laugh at follies, or to lash at vice.
- (intransitive, of rain) To fall heavily, especially in the phrase lash down
Synonyms
- (to whip or scourge): Thesaurus:whip
Translations
See also
- lash out
Etymology 2
From Middle French lachier, from Old French lacier (“to lace”)
Verb
lash (third-person singular simple present lashes, present participle lashing, simple past and past participle lashed)
- (transitive) To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten.
- to lash something to a spar
- lash a pack on a horse's back
Translations
Etymology 3
From Old French lasche (French lâche).
Adjective
lash (comparative more lash, superlative most lash)
- (obsolete) Remiss, lax.
- (obsolete) Relaxed.
- Soft, watery, wet.
- 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 211)
- Fruits being unwholesome and lash before the fourth or fifth Yeare.
- 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 211)
- (Ulster) excellent, wonderful
- We’re off school tomorrow, it’s gonna be lash!
- That Chinese (food) was lash!
- (Britain) Drunk.
Synonyms
- (remiss): at fault, blameworthy, lax, neglectful, negligent, reprehensible
- (relaxed): See Thesaurus:carefree or Thesaurus:calm
- (soft, watery, wet): spongy, squidgy; see also Thesaurus:wet
- (excellent): See Thesaurus:excellent
- (drunk): See Thesaurus:drunk
Anagrams
- Ahls, HALs, HLAs, Sahl, lahs, shal
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Etymology
From Middle English laste, from Old English latost.
Adverb
lash
- last
Adjective
lash
- last
Related terms
- lauthest
References
- Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN
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firk
English
Alternative forms
- ferk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f??(?)k/
- Rhymes: -??(?)k
Etymology 1
From Middle English firken, ferken (“to proceed, hasten”), from Old English fercian (“to bring, assist, support, carry, conduct, convey, proceed”); perhaps akin to Old English faran (“to fare, go”), English fare; if so, equivalent to fare +? -k. Cognate with Old High German fuora (“benefit, sustenance, support”), Swabian fergen, ferken (“to bring, dispatch”).
Verb
firk (third-person singular simple present firks, present participle firking, simple past and past participle firked)
- (transitive) To carry away or about; carry; move.
- (transitive) To drive away.
- I'll fer him, and firk him, and ferret him. - Shakespeare The Life of Henry the Fifth: IV, iv
- (transitive) To rouse; raise up.
- (intransitive) To move quickly; go off or fly out suddenly; turn out.
- 1610, Ben Jonson, The Alchemist
- A wench is a rare bait, with which a man / No sooner's taken but he straight firks mad.
- 1610, Ben Jonson, The Alchemist
Noun
firk (plural firks)
- A stroke; lash.
Etymology 2
Probably an alteration of freak.
Noun
firk (plural firks)
- (Britain dialectal) A freak; trick; quirk.
Derived terms
- firkery
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