whipping
pronunciation
How to pronounce whipping in British English:
UK [ˈwɪpɪŋ]
How to pronounce whipping in American English:
US [ˈhwɪpɪŋ, ˈwɪp-]
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- Noun:
- beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
- a sound defeat
- a stitch passing over an edge diagonally
- the act of overcoming or outdoing
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- Adjective:
- smart and fashionable
Word Origin
- whipping (n.)
- 1560s, "a beating with a whip," verbal noun from whip (v.). As "a defeat," 1835, American English colloquial. Also as a past participle adjective; hence whipping post (c. 1600); whipping boy (1640s); whipping block (1877).
Example
- 1. As rain starts whipping down from a dark cloud .
- 2. We hutu , will we ever forget the whipping ?
- 3. Once , after a whipping , we 'd stood near the mirror , and she 'd pulled her blouse down around her waist .
- 4. Video , her father , texas aransas county chief justice william adams belt whipping daughter at home .
- 5. When a boy was rough and unruly there was nothing would do him any good but a good sound whipping .