Definitions of lynch
British English : lynch If an angry crowd of people lynch someone, they kill that person by hanging them, without letting them have a trial, because they believe that that person has committed a crime. VERBThey were about to lynch him when reinforcements from the army burst into the room and rescued him.
verb
- (transitive) (of a mob) to punish (a person) for some supposed offence by hanging without a trial
noun
- David. born 1946, US film director; his work includes the films Eraserhead (1977), Blue Velvet (1986), Wild at Heart (1990), Mulholland Drive (2001), and Inland Empire (2006), and the television series Twin Peaks (1990)
- John, known as Jack Lynch. 1917–99, Irish statesman; prime minister of the Republic of Ireland (1966–73; 1977–79)