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whip·ping
(wĭp′ĭng, hwĭp′-)n.
1. The act of one that whips.
2. A thrashing administered especially as punishment.
3. Material, such as cord or thread, used to lash or bind parts.
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whipping
(ˈwɪpɪŋ)n
1. (Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) a thrashing or beating with a whip or similar implement
2. (Textiles) cord or twine used for binding or lashing
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whip•ping
(ˈʰwɪp ɪŋ, ˈwɪp-)n.
1. a beating, esp. one administered with a whip or the like in punishment.
2. a defeat, as in sports.
3. an arrangement of cord, twine, or thread wound about something.
[1530–40]
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Noun | 1. | ![]() whacking, beating, drubbing, licking, thrashing, trouncing, lacing - the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows self-flagellation - self-punishment inflicted by whipping horsewhipping - the act of whipping with a horsewhip; "that villain needs a good horsewhipping" |
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3. | whipping - a sewing stitch passing over an edge diagonally overcasting, overcast - a long whipstitch or overhand stitch overlying an edge to prevent raveling embroidery stitch, sewing stitch - a stitch made with thread and a threaded sewing needle through fabric or leather | |
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Adj. | 1. | whipping - smart and fashionable; "snappy conversation"; "some sharp and whipping lines" spirited - displaying animation, vigor, or liveliness |
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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.
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whipping
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whipping
[ˈwɪpɪŋ]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
whipping
[ˈhwɪpɪŋ] n (= beating) → raclée fto give sb a whipping → donner une raclée à qnwhipping boy n (fig) → bouc m émissairewhipping cream n → crème f à monter
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
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
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