whoopings
Sound defeats administered
Whoopings are beatings or spankings, especially those given to children as punishment.
The word carries a folksy, rural American tone: My daddy gave me a whooping for lying.
A whooping can also be a decisive defeat: Our team took a whooping last night.
Blows to buttocks
- beatingsStrikes delivered repeatedly
- thrashingsSevere beatings or defeats
- lashingsAbundant quantities, informally
- paddlingsLight corporal punishments
discipline · belt · switch · woodshed · corporal · chastisement · whippings · floggings
Overwhelming defeat
- shellackingCrushing, lopsided defeat
- drubbingDecisive, lopsided defeat
- crushingOverwhelming in intensity
- blowoutSudden tire failure
rout · demolition · humiliation · thrashing · pounding · massacre · annihilation · walloping
spankings
Blows to buttocks
- beatingsStrikes delivered repeatedly
- thrashingsSevere beatings or defeats
- lashingsAbundant quantities, informally
paddlings · discipline · belt · switch · woodshed · corporal · chastisement · whippings · floggings · hidings
trouncing
Overwhelming defeat
- shellackingCrushing, lopsided defeat
- drubbingDecisive, lopsided defeat
- crushingOverwhelming in intensity
blowout · rout · demolition · humiliation · thrashing · pounding · massacre · annihilation · walloping · domination
whoopingspositive reinforcement
Strengthening behavior through rewards
time-outs · praise · rewards · hugs · encouragement
whoopingscaresses
Touches gently with love
embraces · tenderness · gentleness · hugs · cuddles
- whooping craneEndangered migratory wetland bird
- whooping coughRespiratory infection with characteristic bark
- whooping cough vaccinePertussis inoculation