Synonyms of whipping

whipping 1 of 2

noun

ˈ(h)wi-piŋ 

as in beating

failure to win a contest

suffered a whipping that took them out of competition

Synonyms & Similar Words

• beating
• defeat
• loss
• trimming
• licking
• setback
• overthrow
• plastering
• rout
• drubbing
• trouncing
• shellacking
• failure
• lump
• upset
• collapse
• fiasco
• flop
• debacle
• shutout
• lurch
• washout
• whitewash
• nonsuccess
• fizzle

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• victory
• success
• triumph
• win
• achievement
• accomplishment
• sweep
• runaway
• blowout
• landslide
• romp
• cakewalk
• walkover
• walkaway

whipping

2 of 2

verb

present participle of whip

1

as in hiding

to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible

whipped the animal when it did not move fast enough to please him

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hiding
• slashing
• lashing
• flicking
• slapping
• flogging
• switching
• cutting
• thrashing
• hitting
• spanking
• flailing
• scourging
• flagellating
• knocking
• licking
• punching
• smacking
• tanning
• banging
• pounding
• horsewhipping
• whacking
• strapping
• leathering
• clipping
• birching
• beating
• whaling
• mauling
• batting
• swiping
• clapping
• cowhiding
• thumping
• rawhiding
• caning
• swatting
• boxing
• pelting
• battering
• cracking
• cudgeling
• thwacking
• pummeling
• clubbing
• socking
• bashing
• hammering
• paddling
• cuffing
• quirting
• clobbering
• slugging
• smiting
• bopping
• pasting
• knouting
• clouting
• mangling
• bludgeoning
• lathering
• roughing
• walloping
• touching up
• buffeting
• busting
• belting
• pistol-whipping
• slogging
• drubbing
• basting
• lambasting
• whopping
• working over
• whupping
• blackjacking
• threshing
• slating
• lacing
• bunging
• fustigating
• lamming
• fibbing
• tromping
• belaboring
• pommeling

2

as in throwing

to defeat by a large margin

we whipped them 13-0 in the last game

Synonyms & Similar Words

• throwing
• beating
• burying
• overcoming
• thrashing
• bombing
• trimming
• dusting
• creaming
• flattening
• upsetting
• mastering
• pasting
• smothering
• annihilating
• routing
• taking
• topping
• walloping
• skinning
• smoking
• clobbering
• waxing
• whupping
• whopping
• sweeping
• blowing away
• whomping
• trouncing
• tromping
• scoring
• drubbing
• conquering
• overwhelming
• shellacking
• destroying
• succeeding
• exceeding
• licking
• dispatching
• crushing
• surpassing
• capping
• beating the pants off
• eating alive
• running circles around
• skunking
• subduing
• slaughtering
• finishing
• wiping the floor with
• snowing under
• subjugating
• surmounting
• overthrowing
• vanquishing
• hurdling
• prevailing (over)
• overpowering
• winning (against)
• upending
• outdoing
• besting
• transcending
• triumphing (over)
• eclipsing
• knocking over
• breaking
• outshining
• bettering
• outdistancing
• outstripping
• excelling
• knocking off
• overtopping
• flourishing
• overbearing
• overmatching
• edging (out)
• sinking
• pipping
• worsting
• outfighting
• acing (out)
• doing in
• nosing out

3

as in swinging

to change the course or direction of (something)

any more complaints and I'm whipping this car around and heading back home

Synonyms & Similar Words

• swinging
• turning
• deflecting
• shifting
• diverting
• redirecting
• veering
• moving
• whirling
• wheeling
• switching
• twisting
• swiveling
• deviating
• shunting
• swaying
• zigzagging
• averting
• transferring
• swerving
• curving
• bending
• reversing
• rechanneling
• sidetracking
• turning back

4

as in flapping

to move or cause to move with a striking motion

her hair whipped in the wind

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flapping
• fluttering
• flailing
• beating
• waving
• swinging
• flopping
• flicking
• knocking
• swaying
• smacking
• pounding
• banging
• battering
• thumping
• flickering
• flitting
• spanking
• oscillating
• fanning
• throbbing
• buffeting
• pulsing
• undulating
• palpitating

5

as in licking

to strike repeatedly

huge raindrops whipped the windows

Synonyms & Similar Words

• licking
• lashing
• pounding
• hiding
• beating
• battering
• slapping
• pelting
• hitting
• knocking
• doing
• spanking
• punching
• thumping
• attacking
• smashing
• slamming
• assaulting
• chopping
• pummeling
• batting
• flogging
• mauling
• smacking
• thrashing
• hammering
• paddling
• bashing
• bludgeoning
• whacking
• lathering
• raiding
• buffeting
• storming
• switching
• clubbing
• belting
• tanning
• walloping
• slogging
• currying
• drubbing
• lambasting
• basting
• whupping
• whopping
• working over
• punching out
• boxing
• slating
• swiping
• threshing
• lacing
• birching
• fibbing
• cracking
• tromping
• whaling
• wounding
• belaboring
• swatting
• messing (up)
• roughing (up)
• rushing
• strapping
• thwacking
• pommeling
• pasting
• cuffing
• socking
• clobbering
• cudgeling
• clouting
• caning
• assailing
• beating up on
• bunging up
• flagellating
• scourging
• descending (on or upon)
• busting
• jumping (on)
• whomping
• whamming
• laying on
• lacerating
• besetting
• pouncing (on or upon)
• mutilating
• horsewhipping
• pistol-whipping
• lamming
• leathering
• mangling
• maiming
• goring
• blackjacking
• cowhiding
• rawhiding
• fustigating

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of whipping

Noun

Reynolds cites the early-18th-century diary of William Byrd II, who read Homer in the morning and administered whippings to refractory slaves in the afternoon. — James Traub, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026

In a mixing bowl, beat whipping cream (with mascarpone or other ingredients, if called for) with a hand mixer until soft peaks form. — Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 June 2026

Verb

Iguanas usually go viral for other reasons Iguanas are usually quick-moving and run away from their would-be captors with their long tails whipping behind them. — Julia Gomez, USA Today, 24 July 2026

The attorney questioned whether a person would be able to smell alcohol at the same time that wind generated by 18-wheelers and other vehicles whipping by on the highway was blowing, as was occurring during the officer’s time with Hampton. — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 July 2026

Phrases Containing whipping

• whipping boy