as in to leather
to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible
the desperados rawhided their horses in a futile attempt to outride the posse pursuing them
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Recent Examples of rawhide
Walker Mimms, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
During a ceremony, State Attorney General Ashley Moody presented the canine cop with an edible rawhide along with two certificates of recognition — one for her and one for her handler.
—Orlando Sentinel Staff, Orlando Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2025
Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2021
The unplugged, pastoral side to baseball, with its hickory bats, Kentucky bluegrass, rawhide, and western Pennsylvania dirt, isn’t going away.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Mar. 2021
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Verb
Memorable improvisations include an Apache deck from the 19th century, with sword, bell and button forms painted into rectangles of rawhide, and a deck of Paris metro tickets painted over by Alexis Poliakoff in the 1970s.
—Walker Mimms, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
During a ceremony, State Attorney General Ashley Moody presented the canine cop with an edible rawhide along with two certificates of recognition — one for her and one for her handler.
—Orlando Sentinel Staff, Orlando Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2025
Noun
Also in that particular drawer: dog biscuits, rawhide chews — and the pristine bunny.
—Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2021
The unplugged, pastoral side to baseball, with its hickory bats, Kentucky bluegrass, rawhide, and western Pennsylvania dirt, isn’t going away.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Mar. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rawhide
Verb
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Underneath her coat, Witherspoon wore an ankle-length black skirt and leather round-toe boots.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
28 Jan. 2025
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Compare with the Met’s full-size cast, from 1985, and these miniatures cleave the collective anguish into distinct emotions — one figure seems mid-dance, one bored, another ecstatic — in a range of patinas, from dark chocolate to leather.—
Walker Mimms,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Beetles are essential decomposers in our hickory and oak boreal forests.—
Markis Hill,
Kansas City Star,
4 July 2025
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The meat tastes of hickory and applewood, with notes of citrus and pine from the hinoki.—
Jenn Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2025
Verb
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More recently, Geran variants painted black with special material to hide from radar fly higher and with tortuous routes to evade Ukrainian defense teams.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
1 Aug. 2025
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Old tires and tarps give all sorts of pests a place to hide.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
1 Aug. 2025
Noun
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They are made in the U.S. with high-quality materials including cotton bouclé, genuine cowhide leather, velvet, an organic kapok filling and healing crystals.—
Alexandra Pastore,
Footwear News,
18 June 2025
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By the early 1600s, players were using balls of cowhide stuffed with goose feathers.—
Miles Corwin,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 June 2025
Verb
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On a Friday night in February on East Sixth Street, a steely-eyed bar doorman rushed around a crowd agitating on the sidewalk and whipped a flashlight above his shoulder.—
Ella McCarthy,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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While the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has begun rolling back its shoes-off policy at security checkpoints, this ability to whip them off and on in seconds is still majorly convenient for travel.—
Amelia McBride,
Travel + Leisure,
29 July 2025
Noun
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Forest bathing with an urban twist sits deep in the splendor of 60-acre birch forest in Kennebunkport Maine at the award-winning luxury resort Hidden Pond.—
Katie Kelly Bell,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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The interior is finished in birch ply and is accessed through a glass door, and into the living room.—
Adam Williams
July 14,
New Atlas,
14 July 2025
Verb
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While pale skin once signaled status, white women eventually gained the freedom to tan—and to return to that paleness when the trend passed.—
Nana Regueiro,
Vogue,
2 July 2025
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This was a tall order, since leather that’s traditionally tanned is very much designed to resist biodegradation, as millenia-old shoes that have been unearthed by archaeologists can attest.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
2 July 2025
Noun
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The sandals have a sturdy thong-style strap, a soft rubber footbed, and a non-slip sole.—
Nicol Natale,
People.com,
23 July 2025
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With adjustable straps, a lightweight cork sole, and a soft leather upper, these sandals are the perfect comfortable choice for any trip.—
Lola Méndez,
Travel + Leisure,
23 July 2025
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“Rawhide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rawhide. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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