Noun

• S: (n) whipping, tanning, flogging, lashing, flagellation (beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment)
• S: (n) thrashing, walloping, debacle, drubbing, slaughter, trouncing, whipping (a sound defeat)
• S: (n) whipstitch, whipping, whipstitching (a sewing stitch passing over an edge diagonally)
• S: (n) beating, whipping (the act of overcoming or outdoing)

Verb

• S: (v) 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"
• S: (v) worst, pip, mop up, whip, rack up (defeat thoroughly) "He mopped up the floor with his opponents"
• S: (v) whip (thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash) "The tall grass whipped in the wind"
• S: (v) whip, lash (strike as if by whipping) "The curtain whipped her face"
• S: (v) whisk, whip (whip with or as if with a wire whisk) "whisk the eggs"
• S: (v) 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"

Adjective

• S: (adj) snappy, whipping (smart and fashionable) "snappy conversation"; "some sharp and whipping lines"