lashing

Plural: lashings

Noun

• A forceful strike with a whip; also, material for binding.
• beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
• rope that is used for fastening something to something else
  • "the boats were held together by lashings"
• Something used to tie something or lash it to something.
• The act of one who, or that which, lashes; castigation; chastisement.
• Lots; a great amount.

Verb

• beat severely with a whip or rod
• lash or flick about sharply
• strike as if by whipping
• bind with a rope, chain, or cord
• present participle and gerund of lash

Adjective Satellite

• violently urging on by whipping or flogging
  • "looked at the lashing riders"

Examples

• He delivered a LASHING of points with his unexpected play of ’QUIZZICAL’ in Scrabble.
• The lashings, which had been holding the chest to the deck of the storm-tossed ship, broke, and it went overboard.

Synonyms

flagellation, flog, flogging, lash, lather, slash, strap, tanning, trounce, welt, whip, whipping

Antonyms

unlash

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