Whipping

  • 51whipping — /hwip ing, wip /, n. 1. a beating or flogging, esp. one administered with a whip or the like in punishment. 2. a defeat, as in sports. 3. an arrangement of cord, twine, or the like, whipped or wound about a thing, as to bind parts together or… …

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  • 52whipping — noun a) The punishment of being whipped. b) A heavy defeat; a thrashing …

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  • 53whipping —    see whip …

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  • 54whipping — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. beating, thrashing, strapping; see mauling , punishment . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. thrashing, flogging, flagellation, horsewhipping, *whalloping, beating, spanking, pounding, punishment. III (Roget s Thesaurus II)… …

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  • 55whipping — whip|ping [ wıpıŋ, hwıpıŋ ] noun count 1. ) an occasion when someone is punished by being hit with a whip or a belt 2. ) INFORMAL a defeat in a game or competition …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 56whipping — n. Flogging, beating, castigation, thrashing …

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  • 57whipping — Noun. A thorough beating or defeat …

    English slang and colloquialisms

  • 58whipping — n lashing, birching, switching, flogging, scourging, flagellation, strapping, Inf. lacing, Inf. trimming, Sl. belting; spanking, thrashing, threshing, thrash, Inf. tanning, Inf. whacking; smack, smacking, slap, slapping, swat; beating, battering …

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  • 59whipping — whip•ping [[t]ˈ(h)wɪp ɪŋ, ˈwɪp [/t]] n. 1) a beating, esp. one administered with a whip or the like in punishment 2) cvb a defeat, as in sports 3) an arrangement of cord, twine, or thread wound about something • Etymology: 1530–40 …

    From formal English to slang

  • 60whipping — /ˈwɪpɪŋ/ (say wiping) noun 1. a beating administered with a whip or the like, as for punishment; a flogging. 2. an arrangement of cord, twine, or the like, whipped or wound about a thing. 3. Sewing → overcasting. {whip + p + ing1} …