Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun whipping

4 senses of whipping

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
thrashing, walloping, debacle, drubbing, slaughter, trouncing, whipping -- (a sound defeat)
       => defeat, licking -- (an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest; "it was a narrow defeat"; "the army's only defeat"; "they suffered a convincing licking")

Sense 3
whipstitch, whipping, whipstitching -- (a sewing stitch passing over an edge diagonally)
       => sewing stitch, embroidery stitch -- (a stitch made with thread and a threaded sewing needle through fabric or leather)

Sense 4
beating, whipping -- (the act of overcoming or outdoing)
       => fight, fighting, combat, scrap -- (the act of fighting; any contest or struggle; "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets"; "the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb whip

6 senses of whip

Sense 1
flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce -- (beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced")
       => beat, beat up, work over -- (give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students")

Sense 2
worst, pip, mop up, whip, rack up -- (defeat thoroughly; "He mopped up the floor with his opponents")
       => beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish -- (come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game")

Sense 3
whip -- (thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash; "The tall grass whipped in the wind")
       => convulse, thresh, thresh about, thrash, thrash about, slash, toss, jactitate -- (move or stir about violently; "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed")

Sense 4
whip, lash -- (strike as if by whipping; "The curtain whipped her face")
       => strike -- (deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon; "The teacher struck the child"; "the opponent refused to strike"; "The boxer struck the attacker dead")

Sense 5
whisk, whip -- (whip with or as if with a wire whisk; "whisk the eggs")
       => beat, scramble -- (stir vigorously; "beat the egg whites"; "beat the cream")
          Phrasal Verb-> whip up#1

Sense 6
blister, scald, whip -- (subject to harsh criticism; "The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday"; "the professor scaled the students"; "your invectives scorched the community")
       => attack, round, assail, lash out, snipe, assault -- (attack in speech or writing; "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker")

Antonyms of adj whipping

1 sense of whipping

Sense 1
snappy, whipping -- (smart and fashionable; "snappy conversation"; "some sharp and whipping lines")

INDIRECT (VIA spirited) -> spiritless -- (lacking ardor or vigor or energy; "a spiritless reply to criticism")

Similarity of adj whipping

1 sense of whipping

Sense 1
snappy, whipping -- (smart and fashionable; "snappy conversation"; "some sharp and whipping lines")
       => spirited (vs. spiritless) -- (displaying animation, vigor, or liveliness)