dogwhip

Etymology

From dog + whip.

noun

  1. A whip intended for use on dogs.“Here the speaker took a dogwhip from his pocket...”

verb

  1. To beat with a dogwhip.“The officers cursed and dogwhipped their way through to fall into a ragged line before Raj where he waited with the signallers and Battalion standard; the companies fell in to the shouted commands of their NCOs […]”