lashing
/หlรฆสษชล/IPA: /L AE1 SH IH0 NG/
- 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.
syn:berate - 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
Synonyms
- 1
To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten.
โlash a pack on a horse's backโ
- 1
Something used to tie something or lash it to something.
โThe lashings, which had been holding the chest to the deck of the storm-tossed ship, broke, and it went overboard.โ
- 2
(in the form "lashings of"): plenty of
โLashings of ginger beerโ
- 3
The act of one who, or that which, lashes; castigation; chastisement.
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