: something used for binding, wrapping, or fastening
Examples of lashing in a Sentence
They gave the sailor a lashing.
She put lashings of butter on her muffin.
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Guests tucked into slabs of soda bread with lashings of butter and chicken pot pie, washed down by flights of Baileys on ice and second helpings from a trifle cart.
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Freya Drohan, Vogue, 12 Dec. 2025
Krampus is a fabled goat-like figure that punishes naughty children with lashings, sometimes kidnapping them from their homes, according to the Encyclopedia Britannica.
—Angelika Ytuarte, jsonline.com, 5 Dec. 2025
The lashing out has been painful.
—Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
And lashings of the all-important gravy.
—Susanne Fowler, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
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Freya Drohan, Vogue, 12 Dec. 2025
Krampus is a fabled goat-like figure that punishes naughty children with lashings, sometimes kidnapping them from their homes, according to the Encyclopedia Britannica.
—Angelika Ytuarte, jsonline.com, 5 Dec. 2025
The lashing out has been painful.
—Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
And lashings of the all-important gravy.
—Susanne Fowler, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for lashing
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“Lashing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lashing. Accessed 21 Dec. 2025.
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lashing
noun
lash·ing
ˈlash-iŋ 
: something used for tying, wrapping, or fastening
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