lashing
pronunciation
How to pronounce lashing in British English:
UK [ˈlæʃɪŋ]
How to pronounce lashing in American English:
US [ˈlæʃɪŋ]
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- Noun:
- beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
- rope that is used for fastening something to something else
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- Adjective:
- violently urging on by whipping or flogging
Word Origin
- lashing (n.)
- "a beating, flogging," c. 1400, verbal noun from lash (v.1).
Example
- 1. Mr. armstrong has always firmly denied the charges , often lashing out at his accusers and asserting that he had passed more than 500 drug tests .
- 2. Might the pain of this cause them to react by lashing out ?
- 3. Then there was the rain , sharp and cold , lashing at them through thecracks .
- 4. Not only is it lashing out viciously with killings , beatings and midnight arrests of dissidents .
- 5. Pirate activity normally wanes between the end of may and late september , when the south-west monsoon is lashing the arabian sea and this year 's storms were particularly severe .