tawse or taws (tôz) pl.n. Chiefly Scots 1. A whip or leather thong used to drive a spinning top.
2. A leather whip divided at the end into strips, formerly used to punish children: "Solider Aristotle played the taws / Upon the bottom of a king of kings" (William Butler Yeats).
tawse (tɔːz ) or taws n (Education) a leather strap having one end cut into thongs, formerly used as an instrument of punishment by a schoolteacher
vb (Education) to punish (someone) with or as if with a tawse; whip
[C16: probably plural of obsolete taw strip of leather; see taw2 ]
tawse Past participle: tawsedGerund: tawsingImperative Present Preterite Present Continuous Present Perfect Past Continuous Past Perfect Future Future Perfect Future Continuous Present Perfect Continuous Future Perfect Continuous Past Perfect Continuous Conditional Past Conditional Present I tawse you tawse he/she/it tawses we tawse you tawse they tawse
Preterite I tawsed you tawsed he/she/it tawsed we tawsed you tawsed they tawsed
Present Continuous I am tawsing you are tawsing he/she/it is tawsing we are tawsing you are tawsing they are tawsing
Present Perfect I have tawsed you have tawsed he/she/it has tawsed we have tawsed you have tawsed they have tawsed
Past Continuous I was tawsing you were tawsing he/she/it was tawsing we were tawsing you were tawsing they were tawsing
Past Perfect I had tawsed you had tawsed he/she/it had tawsed we had tawsed you had tawsed they had tawsed
Future I will tawse you will tawse he/she/it will tawse we will tawse you will tawse they will tawse
Future Perfect I will have tawsed you will have tawsed he/she/it will have tawsed we will have tawsed you will have tawsed they will have tawsed
Future Continuous I will be tawsing you will be tawsing he/she/it will be tawsing we will be tawsing you will be tawsing they will be tawsing
Present Perfect Continuous I have been tawsing you have been tawsing he/she/it has been tawsing we have been tawsing you have been tawsing they have been tawsing
Future Perfect Continuous I will have been tawsing you will have been tawsing he/she/it will have been tawsing we will have been tawsing you will have been tawsing they will have been tawsing
Past Perfect Continuous I had been tawsing you had been tawsing he/she/it had been tawsing we had been tawsing you had been tawsing they had been tawsing
Conditional I would tawse you would tawse he/she/it would tawse we would tawse you would tawse they would tawse
Past Conditional I would have tawsed you would have tawsed he/she/it would have tawsed we would have tawsed you would have tawsed they would have tawsed
Thesaurus Antonyms Related Words Synonyms Legend:
Noun 1. tawse - a leather strap for punishing childrenstrap - whip consisting of a strip of leather used in flogging
Scotland - one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts