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

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

Is this over baking or under-whipping? — Emily Elias, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 May 2026

Verb

Olise kept his intentions hidden to the last, shaping up to cross the ball to the back post before sharply turning his hips and whipping his pass into the goalscorer’s path, breaking two defensive lines along the way. — Thom Harris, New York Times, 4 July 2026

Picking up the ​ball on the left flank, Manzambi drove forward with purpose before whipping a low cross across ​the face of goal for Breel Embolo to sweep home. — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 3 July 2026

Phrases Containing whipping

• whipping boy