Definitions For Caning

noun

  • Work made of interlaced slender branches (especially willow branches)
  • A short stick that often has a curved handle and is used to help someone to walk
  • A form of punishment in which a person is hit with a cane or stick
  • The hard hollow stem of a plant (such as bamboo or reed) that is used to make furniture and baskets

verb

  • To hit (someone) with a cane or stick as a form of punishment

Is Caning a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
9
Words with Friends
13

The word Caning is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Caning in a Sentence

  • In the past, some teachers would resort to the cane when students misbehaved.
  • The chair seat is made of cane.
  • In the past, some teachers would cane students who misbehaved.

Synonyms for Caning

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