1
: a whip of untanned hide
2
: untanned cattle skin
rawhided; rawhiding
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Verb
the desperados rawhided their horses in a futile attempt to outride the posse pursuing them
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Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 7 Sep. 2024
However, during the FBI tests in 2022 at the agency’s lab in Quantico, Va., forensic analysts used a rawhide mallet to strike the gun so hard that components of the gun fractured.
—Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2024
Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 19 Oct. 2022
DreamBones, a healthy alternative to rawhide, is great for dogs who love to chew, and a bag of 24 treats is 52 percent off.
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Noun
The decor is wittily maximalist—Elton John’s idea of a cowboy saloon—with rawhide banquettes and giant antlers for a chandelier.
—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 7 Sep. 2024
However, during the FBI tests in 2022 at the agency’s lab in Quantico, Va., forensic analysts used a rawhide mallet to strike the gun so hard that components of the gun fractured.
—Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2024
Verb
Treats that are hard or crunchy (such as bones or rawhide chews) Is cheese bad for dogs?
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 19 Oct. 2022
DreamBones, a healthy alternative to rawhide, is great for dogs who love to chew, and a bag of 24 treats is 52 percent off.
—Carly Kulzer, PEOPLE.com, 7 May 2022
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“Rawhide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rawhide. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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rawhide
1 of 2 noun
raw·hide
ˈrȯ-ˌhīd 
1
: a whip of untanned hide
2
: untanned cattle skin
rawhide
2 of 2 verb
rawhided; rawhiding
: to whip or drive with or as if with a rawhide
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