whipping
10
3.8
- noun
- /ˈwɪpɪŋ/
- Offensive
- Here, at the age of seven or eight, a shoeless, pantless, precocious Douglass first saw whippings and petty cruelties.
- a whipping boy
- a whipping post
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Examples
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You stay with your sister, or you'll get a whipping from me, hear?" He raised his hand threateningly.
Fiction book (1995) -
My mother said I needed whipping, and my father gave me the strap.
Fiction book (2000) -
- He needs a good whipping.
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Jamie spent the night in chains and went to the whipping post first thing in the morning.
Fiction book (1991) -
The whipping and the flogging.
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Mr. Garth has the legal right to give her the whipping post, the pillory, or the branding iron if he chooses to use it.
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Through the hellish smoke, he sees ABOU FATMA, still tied to the whipping post, staring at him in silent reproach.
Fiction book (2002) -
In the old days, a serious offense could lead to a public whipping as punishment.
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The teacher explained that a whipping could be a consequence for repeated misbehavior.
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He recalled his childhood fear of receiving a whipping for not finishing his chores.
Synonyms
120
4.2
Hitting a person many times as punishment or violence
12
5.7
Physical hitting of a person to make them obey rules
9
6.5
Repeated violent hitting or strong criticism that causes harm
6
6.7
A severe beating given to someone as punishment
5
6.9
To punish someone by hitting them with a stick
5
7.0
Beating someone with a whip or strap as punishment
4
9.9
Beating the body as a religious ceremony, as punishment, or for sexual pleasure
4
7.4
To hit someone with a flat board as punishment
4
8.0
An act of beating someone with a whip as punishment
2
8.6
A severe beating given as punishment
2
5.1
A light spanking with a flat board used as punishment
2
9.9
A beating with a strap or rope given as punishment
1
8.1
A hard hit given to someone as punishment
1
9.9
A punishment that involves beating the soles of someone's feet with a stick
1
9.4
A severe beating that someone gets as punishment
1
9.6
An act of hitting someone with a long leather whip as punishment
Antonyms
Compounds
- Offensive
2
9.9
A post where people are tied and others whip them in public as punishment
1
2.8
A dairy product with medium fat that you can beat until light and fluffy and is lighter than heavy cream
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Morphology
Etymology
Whipping comes from the simple word whip, which copies the quick, sharp sound of a lash and originally meant 'to strike' or 'to beat'. So a whipping is the act of beating someone with a whip.