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beat up vs pistol-whip

pistol-whip vs beat up

beat up and pistol-whip both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
beat up No No Yes No
pistol-whip No No Yes No
As verbs, pistol-whip is a hyponym of beat up; that is, pistol-whip is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than beat up:
  • beat up: give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression
  • pistol-whip: beat with a pistol
Other hyponyms of beat up include strong-arm, soak, belabor, belabour, rough up, flog, lash, lather, slash, strap, trounce, welt, whip, cane, flog, lambast, lambaste, kayo, knock cold, knock out, flail, lam, thrash, thresh, baste, batter, clobber, larrup, paddle, spank.
beat up (verb) pistol-whip (verb)
gather beat with a pistol
give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression
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