- whipping
- noun Date: 1540 1. the act of one that whips: as a. a severe beating or chastisement b. a stitching with small overcasting stitches 2. material used to whip or bind
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Whipping — «Whipping» Canción de Pearl Jam Álbum Vitalogy Publicación 1994 Grabación Noviembre de 1993 y … Wikipedia Español
Whipping — Whip ping, a & n. from {Whip}, v. [1913 Webster] {Whipping post}, a post to which offenders are tied, to be legally whipped. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
whipping — [n] beating caning, flogging, licking, pasting, pounding, pummeling, punishment, spanking, tanning, thrashing, trouncing, walloping; concept 123 … New thesaurus
whipping — [hwip′iŋ, wip′iŋ] n. 1. the action of a person or thing that whips; esp., a flogging or beating, as in punishment 2. cord, twine, etc. used to whip, or bind … English World dictionary
whipping — n. 1 a beating, esp. with a whip. 2 cord wound round in binding. Phrases and idioms: whipping boy 1 a scapegoat. 2 hist. a boy educated with a young prince and punished instead of him. whipping cream cream suitable for whipping. whipping post… … Useful english dictionary
whipping — n. beating 1) to get, receive, take a whipping (from) 2) to give smb. a whipping * * * [ wɪpɪŋ] receive take a whipping (from) [ beating ] to get to give smb. a whipping … Combinatory dictionary
Whipping — Whip Whip, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Whipped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Whipping}.] [OE. whippen to overlay, as a cord, with other cords, probably akin to G. & D. wippen to shake, to move up and down, Sw. vippa, Dan. vippe to swing to and fro, to shake, to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
whipping — UK [ˈwɪpɪŋ] / US / US [ˈhwɪpɪŋ] noun [countable] Word forms whipping : singular whipping plural whippings 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 … English dictionary
whipping — whip ► NOUN 1) a strip of leather or length of cord fastened to a handle, used for beating a person or urging on an animal. 2) an official of a political party appointed to maintain parliamentary discipline among its members. 3) Brit. a written… … English terms dictionary
whipping — noun Whipping is used before these nouns: ↑cream … Collocations dictionary
whipping — Synonyms and related words: Waterloo, bastinado, basting, battery, beating, belting, buffeting, caning, clubbing, collapse, conquering, conquest, corporal punishment, cowhiding, crash, cudgeling, deathblow, debacle, defeat, destruction, downfall … Moby Thesaurus
