lashing

Meaning of lashing

verb
  1. To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.
  2. To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash.
  3. To throw out with a jerk or quickly.
  4. To scold; or to satirize; to censure with severity.
  5. To ply the whip; to strike.
  6. To utter censure or sarcastic language.
  7. (of rain) To fall heavily, especially in the phrase lash down
verb
  1. To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten.
    lash a pack on a horse's back
noun
  1. Something used to tie something or lash it to something.
    The lashings, which had been holding the chest to the deck of the storm-tossed ship, broke, and it went overboard.
  2. (in the form "lashings of"): plenty of
    Lashings of ginger beer
  3. The act of one who, or that which, lashes; castigation; chastisement.

Information about lashing

  • The plural form of lashing is: lashings.
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Hyphenation of lashing

lash-ing

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • lashing is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

lashing synonyms

Meaning whipping:

whipping, tanning, flogging, flagellation

Meaning :

berate

Anagrams of lashing

Anglish, anglish, Ashling, ashling, halsing, shaling, Singhal

Words that rhyme with lashing

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