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Webster 1913 Edition


Whipping

Whip′ping

,
a &
Noun.
from
Whip
,
Verb.
Whipping post
,
a post to which offenders are tied, to be legally whipped.

Webster 1828 Edition


Whipping

WHIPPING

,
ppr.
Striking with a whip; punishing with a whip; enwrapping.

WHIPPING

,
Noun.
The act of striking with a whip, or of punishing; the state of being whipped.

Definition 2024


whipping

whipping

English

Noun

whipping (countable and uncountable, plural whippings)

  1. (countable) The punishment of being whipped.
  2. (countable) A heavy defeat; a thrashing.
  3. (uncountable) A cooking technique in which air is incorporated into cream etc.
  4. (countable) A cord or thread used to lash or bind something.
  5. (nautical, whipping) The lashing of the end of a rope. (FM 55-501).

Translations

Verb

whipping

  1. present participle of whip