lashing

/ˈlæʃɪŋ/ · verb

Meaning

To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.
To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash.
To throw out with a jerk or quickly.
To scold; or to satirize; to censure with severity.
To ply the whip; to strike.
To utter censure or sarcastic language.
To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten.
Something used to tie something or lash it to something.
(in the form "lashings of"): plenty of
The act of one who, or that which, lashes; castigation; chastisement.

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