"whippings" in the noun sense
1. whipping, tanning, flogging, lashing, flagellation
beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
2. thrashing, walloping, debacle, drubbing, slaughter, trouncing, whipping
a sound defeat
3. whipstitch, whipping, whipstitching
a sewing stitch passing over an edge diagonally
4. beating, whipping
the act of overcoming or outdoing
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