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beating
The act of a person or thing that beats
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  1. The act of a person or thing that beats
  2. Action of the verb to beat
  3. A whipping or thrashing
hiding
A place to hide
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  1. A place to hide
  2. The act of one that hides
  3. (Colloquial, countable) A beating or spanking.
thrashing
(Computing) excessive paging within virtual storage
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  1. (Computing) excessive paging within virtual storage
  2. A beating, especially a severe one
  3. A beating; flogging
whipping
(Countable) A cord or thread used to lash or bind something.
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  1. (Countable) A cord or thread used to lash or bind something.
  2. The act of one that whips.
  3. The action of a person or thing that whips; esp., a flogging or beating, as in punishment
trimming
The act of one that trims.
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  1. The act of one that trims.
  2. Material that is removed by someone trimming something, as a piece of steak.
  3. (Old, Informal) A beating; thrashing
licking
(Informal) A whipping
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  1. (Informal) A whipping
  2. (Slang) A great loss or defeat.
  3. A beating, thrashing, or spanking.
Find another word for lashing. In this page you can discover 14 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for lashing, like: thrashing, beating, floundering, hitting, punishment, beating, flogging, hiding, thrashing, whipping and trimming.

Sentence Examples

  • She tore away, lashing out with the dagger.

  • If they kept on lashing at each other like this, their relationship would be torn to shreds.

  • Then she joined the fun, leaping and lashing her feet into the air as she twisted her belly toward the sun.

  • The peasant drivers, shouting and lashing their horses, kept crossing from side to side.

  • They defend themselves not only with their powerful jaws and sharp claws, but also with lashing strokes of the long tail.

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