knout
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knout
- /naʊt/
- [nʌʊt] Canada
Rhymes with -aʊt
Where it comes from
Via French knout from Russian кнут (knut), from Old East Slavic кнутъ (knutŭ), from Old Norse knútr (“knot in a cord”). Doublet of knot, node, and nodus.
noun knouts
- 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. In Moscow, a Court carbonadoes / His ignorant serfs with the knout; / […] / But Eton has crueller terrors / Than these,—in the Windsor Express.
verb knouts · knouting · knouted
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To flog or beat with a knout.
Different, isn’t it? It’s called kava, by the way. The Fijians make it by knouting some root or other.
Similar: whip
Translations
Talk about this word "knout." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/knout. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. knout. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/knout "knout." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/knout.Cite this
@misc{knout_2026,
title = {knout},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/knout},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
