caning

Plural: canings

Noun

• work made of interlaced slender branches (especially willow branches)
• A beating with a cane, especially as a form of punishment

Verb

Verb Forms: caned, caning, canes

• The act of striking with a cane; also, a method of weaving.
• The act of beating with a cane or applying cane material.
• beat with a cane
• preserve in a can or tin
• terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
• present participle and gerund of cane

Examples

• Despite the opponent’s aggressive caning of her strategy, she managed to find a high-scoring word.
• The opponent’s relentless bingo words felt like a verbal CANING to his score.

Synonyms

can, cane, dismiss, displace, fire, flog, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, lambast, lambaste, put up, sack, send away, terminate, tin, wicker, wickerwork

Antonyms

hire

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