Associations to the word «Whipping»

Wiktionary

WHIPPING, noun. (countable) The punishment of being whipped.
WHIPPING, noun. (countable) A heavy defeat; a thrashing.
WHIPPING, noun. (uncountable) A cooking technique in which air is incorporated into cream etc.
WHIPPING, noun. (countable) A cord or thread used to lash or bind something.
WHIPPING, noun. (nautical) (whipping) The lashing of the end of a rope. (FM 55-501).
WHIPPING, verb. Present participle of whip
WHIPPING BOY, noun. Someone punished for the errors of others, historically a boy that was whipped in the stead of a misbehaving prince.
WHIPPING BOYS, noun. Plural of whipping boy

Dictionary definition

WHIPPING, noun. Beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment.
WHIPPING, noun. A sound defeat.
WHIPPING, noun. A sewing stitch passing over an edge diagonally.
WHIPPING, noun. The act of overcoming or outdoing.
WHIPPING, adjective. Smart and fashionable; "snappy conversation"; "some sharp and whipping lines".

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin