noun
Meaning 1
The punishment of being whipped.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
whipping
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Pronunciation
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/ˈwɪpɪŋ/
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/ˈʍɪpɪŋ/
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rhymes with -ɪpɪŋ
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CMU ARPABET: W IH1 P IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: HH W IH1 P IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A heavy defeat; a thrashing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A cooking technique in which air is incorporated into cream to produce whipped cream.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A cord or thread used to lash or bind something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
The lashing of the end of a rope.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: nautical, transport
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
The sewing of the edges of single leaves in sections by overcasting the thread.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: arts, bookbinding, crafts, hobbies, lifestyle
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: whipstitching
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 7
present participle and gerund of whip
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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adjective satellite
Meaning 8
smart and fashionable
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- snappy conversation
- some sharp and whipping lines
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: snappy
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 9
beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tanning, flogging, lashing, flagellation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whacking
Narrower terms: self-flagellation, horsewhipping
noun
Meaning 10
the act of overcoming or outdoing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: beating
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fight, fighting, combat, scrap
noun
Meaning 11
a sewing stitch passing over an edge diagonally
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: whipstitch, whipstitching
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sewing stitch, embroidery stitch
Narrower terms: overcast, overcasting
noun
Meaning 12
a sound defeat
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: thrashing, walloping, debacle, drubbing, slaughter, trouncing
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: defeat, licking
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: бой с камшик (boj s kamšik) — punishment
- Chinese Mandarin: 鞭刑 (biānxíng) — punishment
- Dutch: geseling — punishment
- Dutch: zweepslagen — punishment
- Finnish: ruoskinta — punishment
- Georgian: გამათრახება (gamatraxeba) — punishment
- Georgian: გაროზგვა (garozgva) — punishment
- Georgian: გაწკეპლვა (gac̣ḳeṗlva) — punishment
- Greek: μαστίγωση (mastígosi) — punishment
- Irish: failpeadh — punishment
- Italian: frustare — punishment
- Latin: flagellātiō — punishment
- Macedonian: камшикување (kamšikuvanje) — punishment
- Polish: baty — punishment
- Romanian: șfichiuitură — punishment
- Spanish: fustigamiento — punishment
- Bulgarian: поражение (poraženie) — defeat
- Dutch: pak slaag — defeat
- Finnish: murskatappio — defeat
- Polish: baty — defeat
- Polish: cięgi — defeat
- Dutch: opkloppen — cooking technique
- Finnish: vatkaaminen — cooking technique
- Italian: montare — cooking technique
- Spanish: montaje — cooking technique
- Spanish: batimiento — cooking technique
- Dutch: betakeling — lashing of end of rope
- Finnish: rihmos — lashing of end of rope