whipping

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I - noun

1. beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
tanning, flogging, lashing, flagellation
• Derivationally related forms:
flagellate (for: flagellation), flog (for: flogging), whip
• Hypernyms:
beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing,
trouncing, whacking
• Hyponyms:
self-flagellation, horsewhipping
2. a sound defeat
• Syn:
thrashing, walloping, debacle, drubbing, slaughter, trouncing
• Derivationally related forms:
whip, trounce (for: trouncing), drub (for: drubbing), wallop (for: walloping), thrash (for: thrashing)
• Hypernyms:
defeat, licking
3. a sewing stitch passing over an edge diagonally
• Syn:
whipstitch, whipstitching
• Hypernyms:
sewing stitch, embroidery stitch
• Hyponyms:
overcast, overcasting
4. the act of overcoming or outdoing
• Syn:
beating
• Derivationally related forms:
beat (for: beating)
• Hypernyms:
fight, fighting, combat, scrap

II - adjective

smart and fashionable (Freq. 1)
- snappy conversation
- some sharp and whipping lines
• Syn:
snappy
• Similar to:
spirited

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  snappy, beating, whipstitch, whipstitching, thrashing, walloping, debacle, drubbing, slaughter, trouncing, tanning, flogging, lashing, flagellation