to thrash, thwack; to reprimand harshly; to inflict corporal punishment; to soil oneself; to be so frightened as to metaphorically do so; to fart noiselessly; to pump wind
plinth, socle, base (a block or slab upon which a column, pedestal, statue or other structure is based); baseboard, footing, skirting, skirting board; frieze; public square, town square, plaza, zocalo; basement, shelf (mass of rock underlying sedimentary cover); One endpoint of a two-way connection used for interprocess communication