lashing
Meaning of lashing
verb
- 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.
- (of rain) To fall heavily, especially in the phrase lash down
- To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten.
lash a pack on a horse's back
- 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.
- (in the form "lashings of"): plenty of
Lashings of ginger beer
- 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 :
Anagrams of lashing
Anglish, anglish, Ashling, ashling, halsing, shaling, Singhal
Words that rhyme with lashing
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