whipping 音标拼音: [w'ɪpɪŋ] [hw'ɪpɪŋ]
n . 鞭打,缠绕的绑法,笞刑
鞭打,缠绕的绑法,笞刑
whipping adj 1 :
smart and fashionable ; "
snappy conversation "; "
some sharp and whipping lines " [
synonym : {
snappy }, {
whipping }]
n 1 :
beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment [
synonym : {
whipping }, {
tanning }, {
flogging },
{
lashing }, {
flagellation }]
2 :
a sound defeat [
synonym : {
thrashing }, {
walloping }, {
debacle },
{
drubbing }, {
slaughter }, {
trouncing }, {
whipping }]
3 :
a sewing stitch passing over an edge diagonally [
synonym :
{
whipstitch }, {
whipping }, {
whipstitching }]
4 :
the act of overcoming or outdoing [
synonym : {
beating },
{
whipping }]
Whip \
Whip \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Whipped };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Whipping }.] [
OE .
whippen to overlay ,
as a cord ,
with other cords ,
probably akin to G . &
D .
wippen to shake ,
to move up and down ,
Sw .
vippa ,
Dan .
vippe to swing to and fro ,
to shake ,
to toss up ,
and L .
vibrare to shake .
Cf . {
Vibrate }.]
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1 .
To strike with a lash ,
a cord ,
a rod ,
or anything slender and lithe ;
to lash ;
to beat ;
as ,
to whip a horse ,
or a carpet .
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2 .
To drive with lashes or strokes of a whip ;
to cause to rotate by lashing with a cord ;
as ,
to whip a top .
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3 .
To punish with a whip ,
scourge ,
or rod ;
to flog ;
to beat ;
as ,
to whip a vagrant ;
to whip one with thirty nine lashes ;
to whip a perverse boy .
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Who ,
for false quantities ,
was whipped at school .
--
Dryden .
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4 .
To apply that which hurts keenly to ;
to lash ,
as with sarcasm ,
abuse ,
or the like ;
to apply cutting language to .
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They would whip me with their fine wits . --
Shak .
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5 .
To thrash ;
to beat out ,
as grain ,
by striking ;
as ,
to whip wheat .
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6 .
To beat (
eggs ,
cream ,
or the like )
into a froth ,
as with a whisk ,
fork ,
or the like .
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7 .
To conquer ;
to defeat ,
as in a contest or game ;
to beat ;
to surpass . [
Slang ,
U .
S .]
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8 .
To overlay (
a cord ,
rope ,
or the like )
with other cords going round and round it ;
to overcast ,
as the edge of a seam ;
to wrap ; --
often with about ,
around ,
or over .
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Its string is firmly whipped about with small gut .
--
Moxon .
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9 .
To sew lightly ;
specifically ,
to form (
a fabric )
into gathers by loosely overcasting the rolled edge and drawing up the thread ;
as ,
to whip a ruffle .
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In half -
whipped muslin needles useless lie . --
Gay .
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10 .
To take or move by a sudden motion ;
to jerk ;
to snatch ;
--
with into ,
out ,
up ,
off ,
and the like .
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She ,
in a hurry ,
whips up her darling under her arm . --
L '
Estrange .
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He whips out his pocketbook every moment ,
and writes descriptions of everything he sees .
--
Walpole .
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11 . (
Naut .)
(
a )
To hoist or purchase by means of a whip .
(
b )
To secure the end of (
a rope ,
or the like )
from untwisting by overcasting it with small stuff .
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12 .
To fish (
a body of water )
with a rod and artificial fly ,
the motion being that employed in using a whip .
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Whipping their rough surface for a trout .
--
Emerson .
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{
To whip in },
to drive in ,
or keep from scattering ,
as hounds in a hurt ;
hence ,
to collect ,
or to keep together ,
as member of a party ,
or the like .
{
To whip the cat }.
(
a )
To practice extreme parsimony . [
Prov .
Eng .] --
Forby .
(
b )
To go from house to house working by the day ,
as itinerant tailors and carpenters do . [
Prov . &
U .
S .]
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Whipping \
Whip "
ping \,
a &
n .
from {
Whip },
v .
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{
Whipping post },
a post to which offenders are tied ,
to be legally whipped .
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70 Moby Thesaurus words for "
whipping ":
Waterloo ,
bastinado ,
basting ,
battery ,
beating ,
belting ,
buffeting ,
caning ,
clubbing ,
collapse ,
conquering ,
conquest ,
corporal punishment ,
cowhiding ,
crash ,
cudgeling ,
deathblow ,
debacle ,
defeat ,
destruction ,
downfall ,
drubbing ,
failure ,
fall ,
flagellation ,
flailing ,
flogging ,
fustigation ,
gear ,
hiding ,
horsewhipping ,
lacing ,
lambasting ,
lashing ,
lathering ,
licking ,
mastery ,
overcoming ,
overthrow ,
overturn ,
pistol -
whipping ,
quietus ,
rawhiding ,
rig ,
rigging ,
ropework ,
roping ,
ruin ,
running rigging ,
scourging ,
service ,
serving ,
smash ,
spanking ,
standing rigging ,
strapping ,
stripes ,
subdual ,
subduing ,
subjugation ,
swingeing ,
switching ,
tackle ,
tackling ,
thrashing ,
trimming ,
trouncing ,
truncheoning ,
undoing ,
vanquishment
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