whipping

noun

whip·​ping ˈ(h)wi-piŋ 

1

: the act of one that whips: such as

a

: a severe beating or chastisement

b

: a stitching with small overcasting stitches

2

: material used to whip or bind

Synonyms

• beating
• defeat
• drubbing
• licking
• loss
• lump
• overthrow
• plastering
• rout
• shellacking
• trimming
• trouncing

Examples of whipping in a Sentence

suffered a whipping that took them out of competition

Recent Examples on the Web

Students passed around a drawing of a Ku Klux Klansmen, made whipping noises at a Black student and added him to a group chat filled with racist slurs, the department alleges. —Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 13 June 2024

Ingredients 2 cups whole milk 2 cups heavy whipping cream 2 tsp. —Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 10 June 2024

Pass the mixture through a blender, strain through a fine sieve, and transfer to a whipping siphon. —Rebekah Evans, theweek, 30 May 2024

Orchestrated by just the sound of pans clanking, whisks whipping and the hushed quizzing of Pauline’s developing taste buds, Eugénie puts together a meal for Dodin and their guests. —Amanda Luberto, The Arizona Republic, 14 Feb. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1540, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing whipping

• whipping boy
• whipping cream
• whipping post