Complete Definition of "whipping boy"

English

Etymology
w:Middle English|Middle English wippen "flap violently", from w:Proto-Germanic|Proto-Germanic wipp-, from w:Proto-Indo-European|Proto-Indo-European wib- "move quickly". Whipping boy first recorded w:1647|1647.

Noun
whipping boy

  1. Someone punished for the errors of others.

#: "As the whipping boy, he must take the whippings for the royal heir, Prince Brat."

Synonyms
scapegoat

Translations
Russian: мал��ик дл� би��� m; козел о�п��ени� m

zh:whipping boy

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