whipping
Rapid striking action
Whipping is beating with a whip or similar instrument, whether as punishment, torture, or in certain sexual practices.
The term extends to any thorough defeat: The team took a whipping.
In cooking, whipping means beating rapidly to incorporate air: whipping cream.
Whipping also describes rapid, lashing motion: flags whipping in the wind.
Beating as punishment
- lashingBeating or binding
- flagellationBeating with a whip
- scourgingWhipping as punishment
- thrashingDecisive, lopsided defeat
caning · birching · strapping · paddling · spanking · beating · cat-o'-nine-tails · bullwhip
Trained self-control or specialty
- chastisementFormal scolding or correction
- corporalOf the flesh
- penaltyPunishment for wrongdoing
- retributionPunishment for wrongdoing
correction · deterrence · sentencing · flogging · lashing · penal · reform · judicial
Rich milk fat
- whiskingFast circular mixing
- beatingRepeated striking or pulsing
- foldingBending something over itself
- frothingForming bubbly foam
aerating · peaks · stiff · fluffy · meringue · chantilly · mousse · butterfat
Overwhelming defeat
- thrashingDecisive, lopsided defeat
- drubbingDecisive, lopsided defeat
- shellackingCrushing, lopsided defeat
- routOverwhelming one-sided victory
walloping · crushing · demolishing · overwhelming · dominating · annihilating · outplaying · vanquishing
flogging
Beating as punishment
- lashingBeating or binding
- flagellationBeating with a whip
- scourgingWhipping as punishment
thrashing · caning · birching · strapping · paddling · spanking · beating · cat-o'-nine-tails · bullwhip · rawhide
discipline
Trained self-control or specialty
- chastisementFormal scolding or correction
- corporalOf the flesh
- penaltyPunishment for wrongdoing
retribution · correction · deterrence · sentencing · flogging · lashing · penal · reform · judicial · public
cream
Rich milk fat
frothing · aerating · peaks · stiff · fluffy · meringue · chantilly · mousse · butterfat · whisk
trouncing
Overwhelming defeat
- thrashingDecisive, lopsided defeat
- drubbingDecisive, lopsided defeat
- shellackingCrushing, lopsided defeat
rout · walloping · crushing · demolishing · overwhelming · dominating · annihilating · outplaying · vanquishing · lambasting
rope
Thick twisted fibers
seizing · cordage · splice · rigging · marlinspike · twine · serving · sailmaking
- food prepchopping, slicing, dicing, mincing, peeling
- food prep methodsmashing, blending, crushing, grinding, straining
- Kitchen Taskschopping, mixing, baking, roasting, frying
- Uncle Tom's CabinUncle Tom, Topsy, Eliza, Eva, Chloe
- torture devicesrack, iron maiden, thumbscrew, thumbscrews, pillory
- religious penaltiesexcommunication, anathema, shunning, disfellowship, banishment
- whipping upMaking something quickly
- whipping creamHigh-fat dairy for aerating
- whipping outProducing something swiftly
- whipping boyDesignated recipient of punishment
- whipping postPost for binding during lashing
- whipping offRemoving with speed