lynch

/lɪnt͡ʃ/

Etymology

* As an Irish surname, from Ó Loingsigh (“descendant of Loingseach”), from long (“ship”). * Also as an Irish surname of Anglo-Norman origin, from De Línse, Gaelicized from Norman/French de Lench, from Lench in Worchestershire, from Old English hlinc (“hill”).

name

A surname from Irish.
A placename; A place in the United States:; A home rule-class city in Harlan County, Kentucky.
A placename; A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Kent County, Maryland.
A placename; A place in the United States:; A township and village therein, in Boyd County, Nebraska.
A placename; A place in the United States:; A tributary of the North Fork Rivanna River, Virginia.
A placename; A place in England:; A hamlet in Berkeley parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST6799).

verb

To execute (somebody) without a proper legal trial or procedure, especially by hanging and backed by a mob.“Public anger erupted. Soldiers were lynched in the streets including young recruits proven to have been deceived by their generals about the true intentions of the attack.”
To castigate severely.“I telephoned Bill Brandon in Oxford and begged him to get the new refrigeration unit into production before I got lynched.”