Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun lashings
1 sense of lashings
Sense 1
tons, dozens, heaps, lots, piles, scores, stacks, loads, rafts, slews, wads, oodles, gobs, scads, lashings -- (a large number or amount; "made lots of new friends"; "she amassed stacks of newspapers")
=> large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount -- (an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun lashing
2 senses of lashing
Sense 1
whipping, tanning, flogging, lashing, flagellation -- (beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment)
=> beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whacking -- (the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows)
Sense 2
lashing -- (rope that is used for fastening something to something else; "the boats were held together by lashings")
=> rope -- (a strong line)
=> fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing -- (restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place)