lashings
Lots and lots
Lashings means a large amount or plenty of something, used chiefly in British English: lashings of cream, lashings of gravy.
The word appears almost exclusively with food and drink, evoking generous, indulgent portions.
Separately, lashings can be the plural of lashing—a beating with a whip, or ropes used to secure cargo.
Sufficient quantity, and then some
- heapsLarge informal quantities
- loadsLarge quantities
- oodlesInformal term for plenty
- massesBulk or populace
tons · stacks · piles · lots · bags · scads · gobs · bunches
Beating as punishment
- whippingRepeated striking blows
- beatingRepeated striking or pulsing
- caningStriking with a rod
- birchingStriking with bundled twigs
strapping · scourging · flagellation · thrashing · corporal · discipline · chastisement · strokes
plenty
Sufficient quantity, and then some
masses · tons · stacks · piles · lots · bags · scads · gobs · bunches · slathers
flogging
Beating as punishment
birching · strapping · scourging · flagellation · thrashing · corporal · discipline · chastisement · strokes · licks
ropes
Braided flexible cords
securing · tying · binding · fastening · seamanship · marlinspike · halyard · shrouds · sheets · tackle
rain
Water dropping from clouds
pelting · battering · howling · sheets · downpour · gale · squall · tempest · torrential · beating down
- Scoutingbadges, scout, Boy Scouts, campfires, scouts
- scoutcraftknots, compass, map, first aid, camping
- cargo logisticscargo hold, cargo loading, cargo manifest, stowage, cargo handling
- Pacific voyagingwaka, double hull, voyaging, outrigger canoe, wayfinding
- fastenersbolt, screw, nail, nut, clip
- canoespaddle, dugout canoe, paddles, birch bark canoe, canoe paddle
lashingscaresses
Touches gently with love
stroking · petting · soothing · comforting · tenderness
- lashing outAggressive sudden reaction
- tongue lashingHarsh verbal scolding
- verbal lashingHarsh spoken reprimand
- lashing togetherSecuring with cordage
- lashing backCounterattacking after provocation