Lashing
/ˈlæʃɪŋ/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:11 ptsWWF:13 pts7 letters
Definition of Lashing
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.
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.
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