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caning

/ˈkeɪnɪŋ/ · verb

Meaning

  1. To strike or beat with a cane or similar implement
  2. To destroy; to comprehensively defeat
  3. To do something well, in a competent fashion
  4. To produce extreme pain
  5. To make or furnish with cane or rattan.
  6. A beating with a cane.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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