whipping

Meanings

• beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
• a sound defeat
• a sewing stitch passing over an edge diagonally
• the act of overcoming or outdoing
• beat severely with a whip or rod
• defeat thoroughly
• thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash
• strike as if by whipping
• whip with or as if with a wire whisk
• subject to harsh criticism
• smart and fashionable
  • "some sharp and whipping lines"

Synonyms

beating, blister, debacle, drubbing, flagellation, flog, flogging, lash, lashing, lather, mop up, pip, rack up, scald, slash, slaughter, snappy, strap, tanning, thrashing, trounce, trouncing, walloping, welt, whip, whipstitch, whipstitching, whisk, worst