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Whipping

verb
/ˈwɪpɪŋ/
Word Frequency: 1.5

Definitions

1.verbTo hit with a whip.
"The rider whipped the horse."
2.verb(by extension) To hit with any flexible object.
"I whipped her with a newspaper."
3.verbTo defeat, as in a contest or game.
4.verbTo mix in a rapid aerating fashion, especially food.
"to whip eggs or cream"
5.verbTo urge into action or obedience.
"He whipped the department into shape."
6.verbTo enforce a member voting in accordance with party policy.
7.verbTo bind the end of a rope with twine or other small stuff to prevent its unlaying: fraying or unravelling.
8.verbTo hoist or purchase by means of a whip.
9.verbTo sew lightly; specifically, to form (a fabric) into gathers by loosely overcasting the rolled edge and drawing up the thread.
"to whip a ruffle"
10.verbTo throw or kick an object at a high velocity.
"He whipped the ball at me."
11.verbTo fish a body of water especially by making repeated casts.
12.verbTo snap back and forth like a whip.
"The pennants whipped in the wind."
13.verbTo move very fast.
"The wind whipped through the valley."
14.verbTo move (something) very fast; often with up, out, etc.
15.verbTo transfer momentum from one skater to another.
16.verbTo lash with sarcasm, abuse, etc.
17.verbTo thrash; to beat out, as grain, by striking.
"to whip wheat"
18.nounThe punishment of being whipped.
19.nounA heavy defeat; a thrashing.
20.nounA cooking technique in which air is incorporated into cream etc.
21.nounA cord or thread used to lash or bind something.
22.noun(whipping) The lashing of the end of a rope. (FM 55-501).
23.nounThe sewing of the edges of single leaves in sections by overcasting the thread.

Synonyms

flailthrashthreshwhipstitchingfloggingflagellationlashingthrashingdrubbingbeatingwhipstitchsnappy

Rhymes With

nippinggrippingstrippingslippingclippingflippingrippingchipping
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