whip-arse

English

Alternative forms

• whip arse

Etymology 1

From whip +‎ arse. Possibly a calque of French fouette-cul, from fouetter (“to whip”) + cul (“arse”).

Noun

whip-arse (plural whip-arses)

1. (obsolete) A schoolmaster.
   • 1611, Randle Cotgrave, A Dictionarie of the French and English Tongues, page FES-FES:

     Feſſe-cul. A Pedanticall whip-arſe.

Synonyms

• bum-brusher, flog-bottom

Etymology 2

Noun

whip-arse (uncountable)

1. Alternative spelling of whoop-ass

Anagrams

• Peshwari