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whip·ping (hwip′iŋ, wip′-)
noun
- the action of a person or thing that whips; esp., a flogging or beating, as in punishment
- cord, twine, etc. used to whip, or bind
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Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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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.
Modifying Another Word
- n't: Workers to head packages over five years users is n't whipping.
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Whipping and abuse are like laudanum; you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline.
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.
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