LASHING Synonyms

• the material of which belts are made

• work made of interlaced slender branches (especially willow branches)

• beating as a source of erotic or religious stimulation

• beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment

• beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment

• the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand

• the act of slapping on the buttocks

• quick and energetic

• muscular and heavily built

• the act of changing one thing or position for another

• a sound defeat

• the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows

• a sound defeat

• (used informally) very large

• beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment

• a sound defeat

• a sewing stitch passing over an edge diagonally

• the act of overcoming or outdoing

• smart and fashionable

• an implement consisting of handle with a free swinging stick at the end; used in manual threshing

• give a thrashing to; beat hard

• move like a flail; thresh about

• small wooden bat with a flat surface; used for hitting balls in various games

• a blade of a paddle wheel or water wheel

• an instrument of punishment consisting of a flat board

• a short light oar used without an oarlock to propel a canoe or small boat

• propel with a paddle

• play in or as if in water, as of small children

• swim like a dog in shallow water

• walk unsteadily, with short steps

• give a spanking to; subject to a spanking

• stir with a paddle

• a whip used to inflict punishment

• something causing misery or death

• a person who inspires fear or dread

• punish severely; excoriate

• whip

• cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly

• an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping

• a legislator appointed by the party to enforce discipline

• a dessert made of sugar and stiffly beaten egg whites or cream and usually flavored with fruit

• (golf) the flexibility of the shaft of a golf club

• a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object

• beat severely with a whip or rod

• defeat thoroughly

• thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash

• strike as if by whipping

• whip with or as if with a wire whisk

• subject to harsh criticism

• censure severely or angrily

• a hairlike projection from the surface of a cell; provides locomotion in free-swimming unicellular organisms

• any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids

• any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids

• beat severely with a whip or rod

• beat with a cane