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whipping [ˈwɪpɪŋ] n
1. (Military / Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) a thrashing or beating with a whip or similar implement 2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) cord or twine used for binding or lashing ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
whipping noun beating, lashing, thrashing, caning, hiding (informal), punishment, tanning (slang), birching, flogging, spanking, the strap, flagellation, castigation, leathering Whenever we misbehaved, we were given a whipping. Translations whipping n (= beating) → Tracht f → Prügel; (inf: = defeat) → Niederlage f; (fig: in debate etc) → Pleite f; to give somebody a whipping (lit) → jdm eine Tracht Prügel versetzen; (with whip) → jdn auspeitschen; (fig inf) → jdn in die Pfanne hauen (inf); the government got a whipping → die Regierung erlebte eine Pleite (inf) whipping: whipping boy whipping cream n → Schlagsahne f whipping top n → Kreisel m How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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She was a field hand, and a whipping is the penalty of not being in the field at sunrise, unless a slave has special permission from his or her master to the con- trary--a permission which they seldom get, and one that gives to him that gives it the proud name of being a kind master. With nose serrulated by continuous spasms, hair bristling in recurrent waves, tongue whipping out like a red snake and whipping back again, ears flattened down, eyes gleaming hatred, lips wrinkled back, and fangs exposed and dripping, he could compel a pause on the part of almost any assailant. You should be out, whipping up the circulation like Mr. |
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