German-English translations for peitsche

• whip
  Clearly Europeans feel that the European Ombudsman has the right to crack the whip over everyone. Offensichtlich haben die Europäer das Gefühl, der Europäische Bürgerbeauftragte habe das Recht, seine Peitsche über jedem schwingen zu lassen.
  It is wrong to start cracking the whip now and to expect that the Irish will then cosy up to us - that is utter nonsense. Es ist falsch, jetzt die Peitsche zu schwingen und zu erwarten, dass uns die Iren danach in Liebe zufallen - das ist alles Unsinn.
  That does not come of itself either. Both carrots and whips are needed from the political side to drive developments forward. Auch dieses Bewußtsein entsteht nicht automatisch, sondern die Politik muß Zuckerbrot und Peitsche einsetzen, um die Entwicklung voranzutreiben.
• lash
  The culprit received thirty-nine lashes
  to lash something to a spar
  lash a pack on a horses back
• rod
  The circus strong man proved his strength by bending an iron rod, and then straightening it.
  When I hooked a snake and not a fish, I got so scared I dropped my rod in the water.
  The judge imposed on the thief a sentence of fifteen strokes with the rod.
• scourge
  Graffiti is the scourge of building owners everywhere
  He flogged him with a scourge
• switch
  Use the /b switch to specify black-and-white printing.
  I want to switch this red dress for a green one
  Switch the light on

Related words

• peitschen
• peitschend
• Peitschenhieb
• Peitschenhiebe
• auspeitschen
• aufpeitschen
• anpeitschen
• Peitschenschnur
• Peitschenriemen