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Lashing

verb
/ˈlæʃɪŋ/
Word Frequency: 0.6

Definitions

1.verbTo strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.
2.verbTo strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash.
3.verbTo throw out with a jerk or quickly.
4.verbTo scold; or to satirize; to censure with severity.
5.verbTo ply the whip; to strike.
6.verbTo utter censure or sarcastic language.
7.verb(of rain) To fall heavily, especially in the phrase lash down
8.verbTo bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten.
"lash a pack on a horse's back"
9.nounSomething used to tie something or lash it to something.
"The lashings, which had been holding the chest to the deck of the storm-tossed ship, broke, and it went overboard."
10.noun(in the form "lashings of"): plenty of
"Lashings of ginger beer"
11.nounThe act of one who, or that which, lashes; castigation; chastisement.

Synonyms

beratefloggingwhippingflagellationviolentpokethrashingbeatinghaillacingligationseizing

Rhymes With

dashingthrashingclashinggnashingcrashingrehashingflashingsplashing
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