Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
| affrap | (Spenser) to strike. |
| backhand | a stroke made with the back of the hand turned in the direction of the stroke; (verb) to hit with the back of one's hand. |
| backhandedly | (Adv.) BACKHANDED, hit with the back of one's hand. |
| backslap | to show much approval. |
| backslapper | one who backslaps. |
| bash | to strike. |
| basher | one who bashes. |
| batoon | a short rod; (verb) to strike with a batoon. |
| batter | to beat repeatedly. |
| batterer | one who batters or hits with repeated blows. |
| beat | a recurrent stroke in music (verb) to strike repeatedly |
| beaten | (PaP.) BEAT, to strike repeatedly. |
| becudgel | to cudgel thoroughly. |
| bedaze | to daze thoroughly. |
| belabor | (US) to buffet, beat. |
| belabour | to buffet, beat. |
| bemaul | (Arch.) to maul or beat severely; to bruise. |
| bepat | (Arch.) to pat frequently, beat. |
| bepepper | (Arch.) to pelt with a rain of blows. |
| bepommel | (Arch.) to pommel soundly. |
| bethump | to beat or thump soundly. |
| bethwack | to thwack continuously, belabour. |
| biff | to strike hard. |
| blad | (Scots) to strike, disfigure. |
| blaud | (Scots) a fragment, a broken off piece; (verb) to strike, disfigure. |
| blindside | to hit unexpectedly; to surprise unpleasantly. |
| buffet | a blow with the fist; (verb) to hit sharply. |
| buffeter | one who buffets; a boxer. |
| bullwhip | a long whip; (verb) to strike with a bullwhip. |
| bunt | a push; (verb) to push with the horns, butt. |
| butt | a push or blow with the head; (verb) to strike with the head, as a goat etc. |
| cane | a slender, flexible stem or rod (verb) to beat with a rod |
| clobber | belongings, esp clothes; (verb) to strike very hard. |
| clour | (Scots) a knock, bump; (verb) to knock, bump. |
| clout | to hit with the hand. |
| cob | a male swan; (verb) to strike. |
| coldcock | to knock unconscious. |
| collide | to come together with violent impact. |
| collision | the state of being struck together. |
| collisional | relating to a collision. |
| collisionally | (Adv.) COLLISIONAL, relating to a collision. |
| contund | (Arch.) to bruise or pound. |
| counterblow | a blow in return. |
| cudgeler | one who cudgels. |
| cudgeller | one who beats with a cudgel. |
| dad | (Coll.) father; (verb) to thump. |
| daud | (Scots) to knock, thump. |
| dawd | (Scots) to knock, thump. |
| devel | (Scots) a hard blow; (verb) to stun with a club. |
| devvel | (Scots) a hard blow; (verb) to stun with a club. |
| dod | (Scots) a lump; (verb) to knock, thump. |
| donder | (Afrikaans) to beat up, thrash. |
| drub | to beat, to defeat decisively. |
| drubber | one who drubs. |
| dunt | to strike with a heavy blow. |
| dush | (Scots) to strike heavily against. |
| fist | the closed or clenched hand (verb) to strike or grip with the fist |
| flick | to strike with a quick, light blow. |
| flog | to beat with a whip or rod. |
| fustigate | (Obs.) to beat with a club. |
| fustigation | beating with a club. |
| fustigator | one who fustigates, beats with a club. |
| hit | a blow; a success; (verb) to strike. |
| hittable | that can be hit. |
| hitter | one that hits. |
| horsewhip | a whip for driving horses; (verb) to beat with a horsewhip. |
| illision | the act of striking against something. |
| impact | to pack firmly together. |
| impacter | something that impacts eg an asteroid. |
| impactive | relating to impact. |
| impactor | something that impacts eg an asteroid. |
| impingent | striking against or upon. |
| jarp | (Dial.) to strike, smash esp the shell of an egg at Easter. |
| jole | (Dial.) to bump, knock. |
| joll | (Dial.) to bump, knock. |
| jostler | one who jostles. |
| joule | the derived SI unit of work, energy and heat, equal to the work done when a force of one newton moves its point of application one metre in the direction of the force; (verb) to bump, knock. |
| jowl | the jaw, the cheek (verb, dial.) to bump, knock |
| kick | a blow with the foot (verb) to strike out with the foot or feet |
| klap | (S. Afr.) to slap or smack. |
| knack | a special unfailing talent (verb) to strike sharply |
| knevell | (Scots) to pound with the nieves, the fists. |
| knobble | a small knob (verb) to pound with the fists |
| knock | a sudden stroke, a rap; (verb) to strike sharply. |
| knubble | a small knob (verb) to pound with the fists |
| laldie | (Scots) a beating or thrashing. |
| laldy | (Scots) a beating or thrashing. |
| lam | escape or hurried flight, as in on the lam; (verb) to beat. |
| lambast | to beat severely. |
| lambaste | to beat severely. |
| larrup | to flog or thrash. |
| larruper | one who larrups. |
| lash | the flexible part of a whip; (verb) to strike with a whip. |
| lashing | the act of lashing. |
| lashingly | (Adv.) LASHING. |
| lounder | (Scots) to beat, thump. |
| mall | a mallet; (verb) to beat, batter. |
| malleate | to hammer; to beat into a plate or leaf. |
| malling | a mauling. |
| marmalise | to beat soundly. |
| marmalize | to beat soundly. |
| marmelise | (Joc. sl.) to thrash, defeat heavily. |
| marmelize | (Joc. sl.) to thrash, defeat heavily. |
| misstrike | to strike wrongly. |
| nevel | (Scots) to pound with the nieves, the fists. |
| noser | (Sl.) a blow or fall on the nose; a strong head wind. |
| nubble | a small lump (verb) to pound with the fists |
| nudger | one who nudges. |
| outhit | to surpass in hitting. |
| outstrike | to outdo in striking. |
| overbeat | to beat excessively. |
| overhit | to hit too far. |
| overstrike | to strike beyond. |
| paddywack | a slap; (verb) to spank or smack. |
| paddywhack | a spanking or smack. |
| paik | (Scots) to thump, drub. |
| pandy | a beating on the palm with a strap, formerly used as a school punishment; (verb) to slap. |
| pash | (Coll.) passion; (verb) to kiss, embrace. |
| pelt | an animal's skin with hair or fur; (verb) to strike repeatedly with blows or missiles. |
| percussive | of or relating to percussion. |
| percussively | (Adv.) PERCUSSIVE, of or relating to percussion. |
| percutient | something that strikes or has the power to strike. |
| polt | a hard blow; (verb) to strike, thump. |
| pommel | a knob, esp on a sword-hilt; (verb) to beat with the fists. |
| potch | (Aust.) inferior quality opal; (verb) to push violently, thrust. |
| potche | to push violently, thrust. |
| pote | to poke, thrust. |
| pounching | (Spenser) punching. |
| pound | a unit of money or weight; (verb) to strike heavily and repeatedly. |
| pownd | (Spenser) to pound. |
| pratt | (Shakesp.) to beat on the buttocks. |
| proke | (Dial.) to poke. |
| pulsator | a beater; a striker. |
| pummel | to beat rapidly with the fists. |
| punce | (Dial.) a punch; (verb) to punch. |
| punch | a vigorous blow (verb) to strike with the fist |
| ramrod | a rod for ramming down a charge into, or for cleaning, a gun-barrel; (verb) to push or drive with great force. |
| rap | a sharp blow; (verb) to strike sharply. |
| rawhide | a rope or whip of untanned leather; (verb) to beat with a rawhide whip. |
| restrike | to strike again. |
| ruler | a strip or roller for ruling lines; (verb) to strike with a ruler. |
| sclaff | (Scots) a light slap or its sound; (verb) to slap; to scrape the ground instead of hitting the ball cleanly on a golf stroke. |
| sclaffer | one who sclaffs, slaps. |
| scutch | to beat out impurities from flax or wool. |
| siderate | to blast or strike. |
| sideswipe | a blow dealt from the side; (verb) to deal a blow from the side. |
| sideswiper | one who sideswipes. |
| skatt | (Dial.) a sudden blow. |
| skelp | (Gaelic) to hustle; to slap, strike. |
| sky | the apparent canopy over our heads (verb) to hit towards the sky |
| slap | a blow with the open hand; (verb) to strike with the open hand. |
| slat | a thin strip of wood; (verb) to strike, beat. |
| slockdolager | a conclusive argument, a hard blow. |
| slockdoliger | a conclusive argument, a hard blow. |
| slockdologer | a conclusive argument, a hard blow. |
| slogger | a person who hits hard in boxing, baseball, etc. |
| slug | a heavy blow; (verb) to strike. |
| slugger | a person who hits hard in boxing, baseball, etc. |
| smack | a sharp sound, a crack; (verb) to strike sharply. |
| smight | (Spenser) to smite. |
| smite | to strike heavily. |
| smiter | one who smites. |
| smitten | (PaP.) SMITE, to strike heavily. |
| socdolager | a conclusive argument, a hard blow. |
| socdoliger | a conclusive argument, a hard blow. |
| sockdolager | a conclusive argument, a hard blow. |
| sockdoliger | a conclusive argument; a hard blow. |
| sockdologer | a conclusive argument, a hard blow. |
| sogdolager | a conclusive argument, a hard blow. |
| sogdoliger | a conclusive argument, a hard blow. |
| sogdologer | a conclusive argument, a hard blow. |
| spank | to slap on the buttocks. |
| spankingly | (Adv.) SPANKING. |
| spat | a slap, a large drop; (verb) to slap, strike. |
| spifflicate | to overcome or dispose of by violence. |
| spiflicate | to overcome or dispose of by violence. |
| squabasher | one who deals a squabash, a crushing blow. |
| squelcher | an overwhelming blow, retort etc. |
| stonker | (Aust. sl.) to hit hard, to knock unconscious. |
| stonn | (Obs.) to stun. |
| stonne | (Obs.) to stun. |
| stricken | strongly affected or afflicted. |
| strickenly | (Adv.) STRICKEN. |
| strike | a stroke; a cessation of work; (verb) to come or cause to come into contact with. |
| strikingly | (Adv.) STRIKING. |
| strooke | (Obs.) a stroke. |
| stub | something blunt and stunted (verb) to strike accidentally against a projecting object |
| swack | (Scots) pliant, nimble; (verb) to strike, brandish. |
| swat | a sharp blow; (verb) to hit sharply. |
| swindge | (Shakesp.) to swinge. |
| swinge | to beat, chastise. |
| swingeing | severe, drastic. |
| swingeingly | (Adv.) SWINGEING, severe, drastic. |
| swipe | a sweeping blow; malt liquor (verb) to strike with a sweeping blow |
| switch | a flexible rod (verb) to beat with a flexible rod |
| tap | a gentle knock or its sound; (verb) to knock gently. |
| tapotement | (Fr.) the use of light taps in massage. |
| tawse | to beat with a taws. |
| thraiping | (Dial.) a thrashing. |
| thrash | a party; a beating; (verb) to beat. |
| thump | a dull heavy sound; (verb) to strike so as to make a dull, heavy sound. |
| thumpingly | (Adv.) THUMPING. |
| thwack | to beat or strike vigorously. |
| thwacker | one who thwacks. |
| tingler | a thing which causes tingling, esp a smarting blow. |
| touk | (Scots) to tap, drum. |
| trounce | to beat severely. |
| tund | (Arch.) to beat, thump. |
| vapulation | the act of beating or whipping. |
| verberate | (Arch.) to beat. |
| verberation | (Arch.) the act of verberating, beating. |
| wallop | to beat soundly. |
| welt | a weal, a blow; (verb) to lash, beat. |
| whack | to strike sharply. |
| wham | to crash or bang into. |
| whample | (Scots) a blow. |
| whang | a resounding noise; a blow; (verb) to hit with a whang. |
| whap | to beat. |
| wherret | (Obs.) a blow; (verb) to give a sharp blow to. |
| whip | a lash with a handle for beating or driving (verb) to beat with a whip |
| whirret | (Obs.) a blow; (verb) to give a sharp blow to. |
| whomp | to strike heavily, thump. |
| whop | to beat. |
| whump | to strike heavily, thump. |
| whup | (Coll.) to defeat totally. |
| winder | (Sl.) a blow that takes one's breath away. |
| wop | (Offensive) a member of a Mediterranean or Latin race, eg an Italian; (verb) to thump. |