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failure to win a contest
- suffered a whipping that took them out of competition
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whipping
verb
present participle of whip
Synonyms of whipping (Entry 2 of 2)
1
to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible
- whipped the animal when it did not move fast enough to please him
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- blackjacking,
- caning,
- clubbing,
- cudgeling
- (or cudgelling),
- fustigating
- banging,
- bopping,
- boxing,
- busting,
- clapping,
- clipping,
- clobbering,
- clouting,
- cracking,
- cuffing,
- hitting,
- knocking,
- lamming,
- pasting,
- punching,
- slapping,
- slugging,
- smacking,
- smiting,
- socking,
- spanking,
- swatting,
- swiping,
- thwacking,
- walloping,
- whacking
- bashing,
- basting,
- battering,
- batting,
- beating,
- belaboring,
- belting,
- bludgeoning,
- buffeting,
- bunging,
- drubbing,
- fibbing
- [British],
- hammering,
- lacing,
- lambasting,
- lathering,
- licking,
- mangling,
- mauling,
- paddling,
- pelting,
- pommeling
- (or pommelling),
- pounding,
- pummeling
- (also pummelling),
- roughing,
- slating,
- slogging,
- threshing,
- thumping,
- tromping,
- whopping
- (or whapping),
- whupping,
- working over
2
to defeat by a large margin
- we whipped them 13-0 in the last game
Synonyms for whipping
- annihilating,
- blowing away,
- bombing,
- burying,
- clobbering,
- creaming,
- drubbing,
- dusting,
- flattening,
- pasting,
- routing,
- shellacking,
- skinning,
- skunking,
- smoking
- [slang],
- smothering,
- snowing under,
- thrashing,
- trimming,
- tromping,
- trouncing,
- walloping,
- waxing
- [slang],
- whomping,
- whopping
- (or whapping),
- whupping
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- beating,
- besting,
- conquering,
- dispatching,
- hurdling,
- licking,
- mastering,
- overbearing,
- overcoming,
- overmatching,
- prevailing (over),
- subduing,
- surmounting,
- taking,
- throwing,
- triumphing (over),
- winning (against),
- worsting
- crushing,
- knocking off,
- knocking over,
- overpowering,
- overthrowing,
- overwhelming,
- subjugating,
- upending,
- vanquishing
- acing (out),
- bettering,
- eclipsing,
- exceeding,
- outdistancing,
- outdoing,
- outfighting,
- outshining,
- outstripping,
- overtopping,
- surpassing,
- topping,
- transcending
- edging (out),
- nosing out,
- pipping
- [British]
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3
to change the course or direction of (something)
- any more complaints and I'm whipping this car around and heading back home
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4
to move or cause to move with a striking motion
- her hair whipped in the wind
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5
to strike repeatedly
- huge raindrops whipped the windows
Synonyms for whipping
- bashing,
- basting,
- battering,
- batting,
- beating,
- belaboring,
- belting,
- birching,
- bludgeoning,
- buffeting,
- bunging up,
- clubbing,
- currying,
- doing,
- drubbing,
- fibbing
- [British],
- flogging,
- hammering,
- hiding,
- lacing,
- lambasting,
- lashing,
- lathering,
- licking,
- mauling,
- messing (up),
- paddling,
- pelting,
- pommeling
- (or pommelling),
- pounding,
- pummeling
- (also pummelling),
- punching out,
- roughing (up),
- slating,
- slogging,
- switching,
- tanning,
- thrashing,
- threshing,
- thumping,
- tromping,
- walloping,
- whaling,
- whopping
- (or whapping),
- whupping,
- working over
Words Related to whipping
- assailing,
- assaulting,
- attacking,
- besetting,
- boxing,
- busting,
- chopping,
- clobbering,
- clouting,
- cracking,
- cudgeling
- (or cudgelling),
- cuffing,
- descending (on or upon),
- hitting,
- jumping (on),
- knocking,
- lamming,
- laying on,
- pasting,
- pouncing (on or upon),
- punching,
- raiding,
- rushing,
- slamming,
- slapping,
- smacking,
- smashing,
- socking,
- spanking,
- storming,
- swatting,
- swiping,
- thwacking,
- whacking,
- whamming,
- whomping
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The first known use of whipping was in 1540
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