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whipping Definition

whip·ping (hwip′iŋ, wip′-)

noun

  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

whipping Synonyms

whipping

n.

beating, thrashing, strapping; see mauling, punishment.

whipping Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • gloss: Finished with a deep gray blank with substantial high gloss black whippings.

Adjective modifier

  • black: Finished with a deep gray blank with substantial high gloss black whippings.

Modifies a noun

  • cream: Add the whipping cream, cook for a further 2 minutes to reduce a little more.
  • boy: Our final game was against the whipping boys of the group - The Science Park Rangers.
  • post: The whipping post was usually used on market day to bring the people into town.
  • arrangement: The declaration, and the detail of the whipping arrangements, shall be recorded in the minutes of the meeting.
  • system: Perhaps we should have an elected House of Lords with no whipping system?
  • wind: There are people here flying about like kites arms spread out catching the warm whipping winds their bodies flattened against a blue sky.

Modifying Another Word

  • n't: Workers to head packages over five years users is n't whipping.
whipping Quotes

This mad, wicked folly of 'Women's Rights' with all its attendant horrors, on which her poor sex is bent, forgetting everysense of womanly feeling and propriety. Lady Amberley ought to get a good whipping.

—Victoria in full  Alexandrina Victoria

Whipping and abuse are like laudanum; you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline.

—Stowe, Harriet (Elizabeth) ne¤  e Beecher