whipping
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(noun) beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment |
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Synonyms: flagellation, flogging, lashing |
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Related Words: beating, drubbing, horsewhipping, thrashing, trouncing, whacking |
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| 2. |
(noun) the act of overcoming or outdoing |
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Synonyms: beating |
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Related Words: combat, fight, fighting |
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| 3. |
(satellite adjective) smart and fashionable; "snappy conversation"; "some sharp and whipping lines" |
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Synonyms: snappy |
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| 4. |
(noun) a stitch passing over an edge diagonally |
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Synonyms: whipstitch, whipstitching |
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Related Words: stitch |
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| 5. |
(noun) a sound defeat |
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Synonyms: debacle, drubbing, slaughter, thrashing, trouncing, walloping |
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Related Words: defeat, licking |
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