whipping
noun
a beating or flogging, especially one administered with a whip or the like in punishment.
whippings
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pluralof whipping.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
