whipping

Meanings

• Verb

  The act of hitting or flogging someone or something with a whip.

  - "The coachman gave the horses a good whipping to make them go faster."
  - "The school principal gave the student a whipping for misbehaving."

• Noun

  A sharp, loud cracking or swishing sound.

  - "The sound of the whipping leaves echoed through the forest."
  - "The sound of the whip was enough to make everyone freeze in fear."

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Synonyms

flail , thrash , thresh , whipstitching

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with whipping
tipping , slipping , tripping

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Variants

List of all variants of whipping that leads to same result
whipping , whippings , whip , whip into shape , whipped , whipped into shape , whipper , whippers , whipping into shape , whips , whips into shape , whipping boy , whipping boys , whipping cream , whipping creams , whipping post , whipping posts , pistol-whip , pistol-whipped , pistol-whipping , pistol-whips , whip in , whipped in , whipping in , whips in , whip into , whipped into , whipping into , whips into , whip through , whipped through , whipping through , whips through , whip together , whipped together , whipping together , whips together

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Etymology

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Old English hweppian, from hwepp 'a turn, a blow'. Related to hweppian 'to turn, to whirl'.

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Trivia

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1. The Guinness World Record for the most whip cracking in one minute is held by Jason 'The Whip' Dowd, who cracked 5,312 whips in one minute.

2. In the United States, whipping as a form of punishment was outlawed in the late 19th century.

3. The sound of a whip cracking is caused by a shockwave created by the cracking of the tip of the whip.

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Related Concepts

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1. Flogging: A type of whipping using a long, thick rope or a bundle of rods.

2. Lash: A single stroke or blow with a whip.

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Culture

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Whipping has been used as a form of punishment throughout history. It has been depicted in literature, art, and music. For example, in Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Jim is whipped by his owner, Miss Watson.

How to Memorize "whipping"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a person holding a long, thick whip and cracking it in the air.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'whipping' with the sound of a whip cracking.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'Whipping Horses' to remember the definition: W - Whip, H - Horses, I - Injure, P - Pain, P - Punishment, I - Inflict, N - Now, G - Get, H - Horses - Run.

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