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whipping   (TTS Sound)

The noun whipping has 4 senses

• whipping, tanning, flogging, lashing, flagellation -- (beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment)


• thrashing, walloping, debacle, drubbing, slaughter, trouncing, whipping -- (a sound defeat)


• whipstitch, whipping, whipstitching -- (a sewing stitch passing over an edge diagonally)


• beating, whipping -- (the act of overcoming or outdoing)

The verb whip has 6 senses

• flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce -- (beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced")


• worst, pip, mop up, whip, rack up -- (defeat thoroughly; "He mopped up the floor with his opponents")


• whip -- (thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash; "The tall grass whipped in the wind")


• whip, lash -- (strike as if by whipping; "The curtain whipped her face")


• whisk, whip -- (whip with or as if with a wire whisk; "whisk the eggs")


• blister, scald, whip -- (subject to harsh criticism; "The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday"; "the professor scaled the students"; "your invectives scorched the community")

The adj whipping has 1 sense

• snappy, whipping -- (smart and fashionable; "snappy conversation"; "some sharp and whipping lines")