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WHIPPING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
Synonyms:
flagellation; flogging; lashing; tanning; whipping
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("whipping" is a kind of...):
beating; drubbing; lacing; licking; thrashing; trouncing; whacking (the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "whipping"):
self-flagellation (self-punishment inflicted by whipping)
horsewhipping (the act of whipping with a horsewhip)
Derivation:
whip (beat severely with a whip or rod)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The act of overcoming or outdoing
Synonyms:
beating; whipping
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("whipping" is a kind of...):
combat; fight; fighting; scrap (the act of fighting; any contest or struggle)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A sewing stitch passing over an edge diagonally
Synonyms:
whipping; whipstitch; whipstitching
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("whipping" is a kind of...):
embroidery stitch; sewing stitch (a stitch made with thread and a threaded sewing needle through fabric or leather)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "whipping"):
overcast; overcasting (a long whipstitch or overhand stitch overlying an edge to prevent raveling)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A sound defeat
Synonyms:
debacle; drubbing; slaughter; thrashing; trouncing; walloping; whipping
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("whipping" is a kind of...):
defeat; licking (an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest)
Derivation:
whip (defeat thoroughly)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Smart and fashionable
Example:
some sharp and whipping lines
Synonyms:
snappy; whipping
Classified under:
Similar:
spirited (displaying animation, vigor, or liveliness)
III. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb whip
Context examples:
A moisture came into his eyes, and, as the whipping continued, he arose and walked irresolutely up and down.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
The next morning I dug a shallow ditch around the tent, and, an hour later, a sudden gust of wind, whipping over the rocky wall behind us, picked up the tent and smashed it down on the sand thirty yards away.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Whipping the other from his belt, he sent it skimming some few feet from the earth with so true an aim that it struck and transfixed the stork for the second time ere it could reach the ground.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
