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whipping

[ hwip-ing, wip- ]

noun

  1. a beating or flogging, especially one administered with a whip or the like in punishment.
  2. a defeat, as in sports.
  3. an arrangement of cord, twine, or the like, whipped whipped or wound about a thing, as to bind parts together or prevent unraveling, as at the end of a rope.


whipping

/ ˈɪɪŋ /

noun

  1. a thrashing or beating with a whip or similar implement
  2. cord or twine used for binding or lashing
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • -ɳ󾱱pԲ adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of whipping1

First recorded in 1530–40; whip + -ing 1
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It is only then, once you are still, that a now low, whipping wind, riddled with sand begins pricking and abrading your skin and collecting in the pages of your novel; it is intolerable.

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Now that the weather is warmer and the sun is finally out for longer, I’ve been whipping up some of my favorite springtime meals.

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Methods of discipline included “whipping, beating, incarceration, and the withholding of food.”

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The home side were ramping it up and made their numerical advantage count by whipping the ball wide to send Lowe over on one wing, then O'Brien over on the other.

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She said each reset involves spending 20 minutes "whipping around" the house, cleaning the surfaces, putting stuff away and getting ready for the next day after her children have gone to bed.

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