Whippings - English meaning

noun

A punishment or assault in which the victim is hit repeatedly.

Usage examples:

If he got dirt on his clothes he'd get a beating

verb

Strike (a person or an animal) repeatedly and violently so as to hurt or injure them, typically with an implement such as a club or whip.

Usage examples:

If we were caught we were beaten

noun

The act of hitting someone hard and repeatedly

Usage examples:

He escaped a beating., fig. this chair has taken a beating over the years (= been used often and da…

noun

Belts collectively, or material for belts.

Usage examples:

A small piece of plastic belting

adjective

Outstanding.

Usage examples:

They've come up with some belting songs

verb

Fasten with a belt.

Usage examples:

She belted her raincoat firmly

verb

Beat (someone) with a bundle of birch twigs as a formal punishment.

Usage examples:

The school would attempt to birch them into submission

noun

A slender hardy tree which has thin peeling bark and bears catkins. birch trees grow chiefly in northern temperate regions and yield hard, pale, fine-grained timber.

Usage examples:

Police want to identify areas where the western hemlock (tsuga heterophylla) and the birch tree gro…

noun

A formal punishment in which a person is flogged with a bundle of birch twigs.

Usage examples:

There were calls to bring back the birch

noun

A beating with a cane as a punishment.

Usage examples:

The schoolboy received £8000 damages for a caning received nine years ago

verb

Beat with a cane as a punishment.

Usage examples:

Matthew was caned for bullying by the headmaster

noun

The act of hitting someone with a stick as a punishment

Usage examples:

He never forgot the humiliation he felt at his first school caning., his father believed in strict …

noun

Flogging or beating, either as a religious discipline or for sexual gratification.

Usage examples:

Pursuing the path of penance and flagellation

noun

The practice of whipping yourself or someone else, especially as a religious practice, for punishment, or for sexual pleasure

Usage examples:

Ancient monks advocated flagellation as the path to salvation.

noun

A punishment in which the victim is hit repeatedly with a whip or stick.

Usage examples:

Public floggings

verb

Beat (someone) with a whip or stick as a punishment.

Usage examples:

The men had been flogged and branded on the forehead

noun

A punishment in which someone is beaten severely with a whip or a stick

noun

A physical beating.

Usage examples:

They caught him and gave him a hiding

noun

The action of concealing someone or something.

Usage examples:

The house we lived in was brilliant for hiding: lots of dark corners, low shelves, heavy curtains a…

verb

Put or keep out of sight.

Usage examples:

He hid the money in the house

noun

A beating with a stick or whip.

Usage examples:

I threatened to give him a good lashing!

verb

Strike or beat with a whip or stick.

Usage examples:

They lashed him repeatedly about the head

noun

The punishment of being hit with a whip

Usage examples:

He was sentenced to receive a lashing., each fitting had been sealed and each lashing tied., a life…

noun

A punishment in which someone is hit repeatedly.

Usage examples:

Go, before you get a leathering

verb

Beat or thrash (someone).

Usage examples:

He caught me and leathered me black and blue

verb

Whip (someone) as a punishment.

Usage examples:

Our people did scourge him severely

noun

A whip used as an instrument of punishment.

Usage examples:

Begone, or shall i be required to chastise you with the whip and the scourge once more?

noun

A person or thing that causes great trouble or suffering.

Usage examples:

The scourge of mass unemployment

adjective

(especially of a young person) big and strong.

Usage examples:

They had three strapping sons

noun

Adhesive plaster for binding injured parts of the body.

Usage examples:

Initial treatment options for heel pain caused by plantar fasciitis include anti-inflammatory medic…

verb

Fasten or secure in a specified place or position with a strap.

Usage examples:

I had to strap the bag to my bicycle

verb

Change the position, direction, or focus of.

Usage examples:

The company switched the boats to other routes

noun

A device for making and breaking the connection in an electric circuit.

Usage examples:

The guard hit a switch and the gate swung open

noun

An act of changing to or adopting one thing in place of another.

Usage examples:

His friends were surprised at his switch from newspaper owner to farmer

noun

The action or activity of exposing one's skin to the sun in order to achieve a brown or darkened colour.

Usage examples:

For many people, tanning is a key part of a summer beauty routine

verb

(of a person or their skin) become brown or darkened after exposure to the sun.

Usage examples:

You'll tan very quickly in the pure air

Present participle of tan

noun

An act of physically beating someone; a beating.

Usage examples:

A sound thrashing might teach the individual to refrain from complaining

verb

Beat (a person or animal) repeatedly and violently with a stick or whip.

Usage examples:

She thrashed him across the head and shoulders

noun

An occasion when someone hits a person or animal hard many times as a punishment

Usage examples:

At that time the thrashing of servants was legal., he was discovered to have stolen the money and g…