LASHING
/ˈlæʃɪŋ/
11
Scrabble
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WWF
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Definition
/ˈlæʃɪŋ/
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.
verb
- To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten.“lash a pack on a horse's back”
noun
- 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.
Source: Wiktionary
