whipping
wi ping
- n beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
- n a sound defeat
- n a sewing stitch passing over an edge diagonally
- n the act of overcoming or outdoing
- v beat severely with a whip or rod
- v defeat thoroughly
- v thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash
- v strike as if by whipping
- v whip with or as if with a wire whisk
- v subject to harsh criticism
- s smart and fashionable
some sharp and whipping lines
- Ferran Adria has won the adulation of food critics and cooks by whipping up startling combinations of texture, temperature and taste: bite-size cuttlefish ravioli that explode in a .
- Ancient Romans using chariots are believed to have held the reins with their right hands and a whip with their left; to avoid whipping oncoming drivers, they favored the left-hand .