whipping

Plural: whippings

Noun

• The act of lashing; material used for binding or lashing.
• beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
• a sound defeat
• a sewing stitch passing over an edge diagonally
• the act of overcoming or outdoing
• The punishment of being whipped.
• A heavy defeat; a thrashing.
• A cooking technique in which air is incorporated into cream to produce whipped cream.
• A cord or thread used to lash or bind something.
• The lashing of the end of a rope.
• The sewing of the edges of single leaves in sections by overcasting the thread.

Verb

• beat severely with a whip or rod
• defeat thoroughly
• thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash
• strike as if by whipping
• whip with or as if with a wire whisk
• subject to harsh criticism
• present participle and gerund of whip

Adjective Satellite

• smart and fashionable
  • "some sharp and whipping lines"

Examples

• His opponent’s triple-word score with WHIPPING felt like a complete, well, whipping.

Synonyms

beating, blister, debacle, drubbing, flagellation, flog, flogging, lash, lashing, lather, mop up, pip, rack up, scald, slash, slaughter, snappy, strap, tanning, thrashing, trounce, trouncing, walloping, welt, whip, whipstitch, whipstitching, whisk, worst

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