whipping

[ hwip-ing, wip- ]

noun

1. a beating or flogging, especially one administered with a whip or the like in punishment.
2. a defeat, as in sports.
3. an arrangement of cord, twine, or the like, whipped whipped or wound about a thing, as to bind parts together or prevent unraveling, as at the end of a rope.

whipping

/ ˈwɪpɪŋ /

noun

1. a thrashing or beating with a whip or similar implement
2. cord or twine used for binding or lashing

Other Words From

• self-whipping adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of whipping¹

First recorded in 1530–40; whip + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Betterland will be Perfect Day’s debut on the dairy aisle, delivering the same cooking, whipping, steaming, frothing, and baking functionality as conventional milk, with none of the lactose, cholesterol, or methane of the original.

From Time

The move was a serious demonstration against what the children deemed overzealous corporal punishment that came in the shape of beatings and whippings.

From Washington Post

Judges in North Carolina circumvented the law by declaring that anyone convicted of a crime for which public whipping was the penalty could be denied the right to vote.

From TruthBeTold.news

Many enslaved people spent the holidays worrying about getting sold or faced violence like whippings.

From Time

In addition, the department’s use-of-force policy includes a detailed list of prohibited actions, such as neck holds, warning shots, shooting at moving vehicles and pistol whipping.

From ProPublica

Read on to find out what you need to know before whipping up bug-infused banana bread.

From The Daily Beast

Audience participation is allowed, including a bit of light whipping from time to time.

From The Daily Beast

But then, blessedly, the next scene has them whipping out their dongs and painting with them.

From The Daily Beast

The band manages one encore, “Whipping Post,” but halfway through the number the audience is busily streaming toward the exits.

From The Daily Beast

I want to discuss the whipping sequence, because it destroyed me.

From The Daily Beast

He was almost certain that he saw a black silk cape whipping out from the shoulders of the lone man in the car.

From Project Gutenberg

And Isabel dropped her head into her arms and burst into a wild tempest of tears, like a child that has had its first whipping.

From Project Gutenberg

Whipping the long, keen blade from its sheath, Marius bore down upon the rash meddler.

From Project Gutenberg

Although the whipping-post and stocks used to be common things in English towns, we saw them preserved only at Bottisford.

From Project Gutenberg

All around Palermo spread the tents, bright pavilions of silk with broad pennons above, whipping the slow south wind.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• flogging
• licking
• pounding
• spanking
• thrashing
• trouncing