lashing
adjective
1. violently urging on by whipping or flogging
- looked at the lashing riders
Similar word(s): violent
noun
1. beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
Similar word(s): flagellation, flogging, tanning, whipping
Definition categories: act, beating, drubbing, lacing, licking, thrashing, trouncing, whacking
2. rope that is used for fastening something to something else
- the boats were held together by lashings
Definition categories: man–made, fastener, fastening, fixing, holdfast, rope
Sentences with lashing as a noun:
- The lashings, that were holding the chest to the deck of the storm tossed ship, broke and it went overboard.
verb
1. present participle of lash
2. (Ireland, slang) raining heavily.