bastinado

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noun

bas·​ti·​na·​do ˌba-stə-ˈnā-(ˌ)dō How to pronounce bastinado (audio) -ˈnä- How to pronounce bastinado (audio)
variants or bastinade
ˌba-stə-ˈnād How to pronounce bastinado (audio)
-ˈnäd
plural bastinadoes or bastinades
Synonyms of bastinadonext
1
: a blow with a stick or cudgel
2
a
: a beating especially with a stick
b
: a punishment consisting of beating the soles of the feet with a stick
3
: stick, cudgel

bastinado

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verb

bastinadoed; bastinadoing

transitive verb

: to subject to repeated blows

Synonyms

Noun

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Examples of bastinado in a Sentence

Noun the guards savagely beat the prisoner's feet with a bastinado

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Spanish bastonada, from bastón stick, from Late Latin bastum

First Known Use

Noun

1572, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1601, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bastinado was in 1572

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Bastille Day

bastinado

basting

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“Bastinado.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bastinado. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.

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