Home › Words › B › bastinadebastinadebastinade · noun — A blow with a stick or cudgel.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom French bastonnade.nounA blow with a stick or cudgel.A sound beating with a stick or cudgel, specifically: A form of punishment among the Turks, Chinese, and others, consisting in beating an offender on the soles of his feet.verbTo beat in this manner.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.bastinado 84% match — A blow with a cudgel or stick. vs bastinade →bastonade 82% match — To beat a person with a stick, especially on the soles of the feet. vs bastinade →fustigation 67% match — A beating with a club, rod, stick, etc.; a cudgeling. vs bastinade →bumbaste 65% match — To beat or spank. vs bastinade →fustigate 64% match — To hit someone with a club. vs bastinade →broderick 64% match — A thorough beating vs bastinade →baston 63% match — A staff or cudgel. vs bastinade →bace 63% match — A blow; a drubbing. vs bastinade →