All lashing synonyms
lash·ing
L l adj lashing
- hitting — to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
- beating — If someone is given a beating, they are hit hard many times, especially with something such as a stick.
- floundering — to struggle with stumbling or plunging movements (usually followed by about, along, on, through, etc.): He saw the child floundering about in the water.
adjective lashing
- thrashing — an act or instance of thrashing; beating; blow.
noun lashing
- flogging — to beat with a whip, stick, etc., especially as punishment; whip; scourge.
- horsewhipping — Present participle of horsewhip.
- whipping — an instrument for striking, as in driving animals or in punishing, typically consisting of a lash or other flexible part with a more rigid handle.
- ligature — the act of binding or tying up: The ligature of the artery was done with skill.
- licking — a stroke of the tongue over something.
- flagellation — the act or process of flagellating.
- lashings — a binding or fastening with a rope or the like.
- tying — present participle of tie.
- battering — If something takes a battering, it suffers very badly as a result of a particular event or action.
- caning — a beating with a cane as a punishment