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• present participle of whip.

whipping

American  

[hwip-ing, wip-] / ˈʰwɪp ɪŋ, ˈwɪp- /

noun

• whippings
  plural

1. a beating or flogging, especially one administered with a whip or the like in punishment.

2. a defeat, as in sports.

3. an arrangement of cord, twine, or the like, whipped or wound about a thing, as to bind parts together or prevent unraveling, as at the end of a rope.

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whipping British  

/ ˈwɪpɪŋ /

noun

1. a thrashing or beating with a whip or similar implement

2. cord or twine used for binding or lashing

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• self-whipping
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• whippings
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of whipping

First recorded in 1530–40; whip + -ing ¹

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Example Sentences

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"If you have less mass in the system overall, things can gently orbit each other without whipping back and forth," Burdge says.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026

Both she and a guy danced en pointe; Adéla never went long without whipping her long pink hair, which was one style choice widely replicated throughout the room.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

Reprieved, he dominated the strike and scoring in the stand with Cox, forcing the ball through the covers and whipping off his pads.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

Summer can be especially windy, whipping up the waters around the Cyclades just as tourists flock to the popular islands of Mykonos, Naxos and Milos.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

Was his flag whipping in the breeze, giving the news to the town?

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham

The father of the student told BBC Pidgin he approved the whippings.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2021

English officials jailed as many as 15,000 Quakers, and their missionaries faced whippings, exile, and even the death penalty in Massachusetts.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018

James Bolton, interviewed by a white worker in Athens, Georgia, told this story about whippings:

From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2016

So too with one of the workshop editions of “Ecce Homo”: Bosch presents a Christ who is bowed and lacerated with whippings and dripping with blood, whereas his follower presents Christ standing upright, seemingly unhurt.

From Economist ● Feb. 25, 2016

Aunt Loma’s heart was down on a level with Mr. Angus Tuttle’s, and he had caused me more whippings than I could count.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

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Related Words

• flogging
• licking
• pounding
• spanking
• thrashing
• trouncing

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