Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cat-o'-nine-tails

1 sense of cat-o'-nine-tails

Sense 1
cat-o'-nine-tails, cat -- (a whip with nine knotted cords; "British sailors feared the cat")
       => whip -- (an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping)