whipping

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈwɪpɪŋ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪpɪŋ

Noun

whipping (countable and uncountable, plural whippings)

  1. (countable) The punishment of being whipped.
  2. (countable) A heavy defeat; a thrashing.
  3. (uncountable) A cooking technique in which air is incorporated into cream etc.
  4. (countable) A cord or thread used to lash or bind something.
  5. (nautical, whipping) The lashing of the end of a rope. (FM 55-501).
  6. (bookbinding) The sewing of the edges of single leaves in sections by overcasting the thread.
    Synonym: whipstitching

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Verb

whipping

  1. present participle of whip
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