ADJECTIVE | all | whipping, snappy | smart and fashionable |
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NOUN | act | whipping, tanning, flogging, lashing, flagellation | beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment |
event | whipping, thrashing, walloping, debacle, drubbing, slaughter, trouncing | a sound defeat | |
artifact | whipping, whipstitch, whipstitching | a sewing stitch passing over an edge diagonally | |
act | whipping, beating | the act of overcoming or outdoing |
Sounds | hhwih'pihng; wih'pihng | |
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Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... |
Meaning | smart and fashionable. | |
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Example | "some sharp and whipping lines" | |
Synonym | snappy | |
Broader | spirited | Displaying animation, vigor, or liveliness |
Spanish | ágil, rápido |
Meaning | Beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment. | |
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Synonyms | tanning, flogging, lashing, flagellation | |
Narrower | horsewhipping | The act of whipping with a horsewhip |
self-flagellation | self-punishment inflicted by whipping | |
Broader | beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whacking | The act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows |
Spanish | azotamiento, flagelación | |
Catalan | flagelación | |
Verbs | whip | beat severely with a whip or rod |
Meaning | A sound defeat. | |
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Synonyms | thrashing, walloping, debacle, drubbing, slaughter, trouncing | |
Broader | defeat, licking | An unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest / contest |
Spanish | paliza, tunda | |
Catalan | allisada, pallissa, panadera | |
Verbs | whip | defeat thoroughly |
Meaning | A sewing stitch passing over an edge diagonally. | |
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Synonyms | whipstitch, whipstitching | |
Narrower | overcast, overcasting | A long whipstitch or overhand stitch overlying an edge to prevent raveling |
Broader | sewing stitch, embroidery stitch | A stitch made with thread and a threaded sewing needle through fabric or leather |
Spanish | azote, sobrehilado en diagonal, sobrehilado |
Meaning | The act of overcoming or outdoing. | |
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Synonym | beating | |
Broader | fight, fighting, combat, scrap | The act of fighting |
Spanish | superación | |
Catalan | superació |
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