0%

whipping post

whip·ping post
W w

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hwip-ing, wip- pohst]
    • /ˈʰwɪp ɪŋ, ˈwɪp- poʊst/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hwip-ing, wip- pohst]
    • /ˈʰwɪp ɪŋ, ˈwɪp- poʊst/

Definitions of whipping post words

  • noun whipping post a post to which persons are tied to undergo whipping as a legal penalty. 1
  • noun whipping post a wooden post to which a person was tied to undergo the punishment of whipping 0
  • noun whipping post a post to which offenders are tied to be whipped as a legal punishment 0
See all 3 definitions of whipping post

Information block about the term

Origin of whipping post

First appearance:

before 1590
One of the 37% oldest English words
First recorded in 1590-1600

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Whipping post

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Whipping post

whipping post popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 32% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 62% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

whipping post usage trend in Literature

This diagram is provided by Google Ngram Viewer

See also

Matching words

Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?