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Definitions for: Whipping
[n] beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
[n] the act of overcoming or outdoing
[n] a stitch passing over an edge diagonally
[n] a sound defeat
[adj] smart and fashionable; "snappy conversation"; "some sharp and whipping lines"
Webster (1913) Definition: Whip"ping,
a & n. from Whip, v.
Whipping post, a post to which offenders are tied, to be
legally whipped.
Synonyms: debacle, drubbing, flagellation, flogging, lashing, slaughter, snappy, spirited, tanning, thrashing, trouncing, walloping, whipstitch, whipstitching
See Also: beating, combat, defeat, drubbing, fight, fighting, horsewhipping, lacing, licking, self-flagellation, stitch, thrashing, trouncing, whacking
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