Synonyms:
lashing
Meaning: violently urging on by whipping or flogging; "looked at the lashing riders"
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
whipping, tanning, flogging, lashing, flagellation
Meaning: beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
Usage examples
You might heave your rump up half a foot, but for lashing out--oho!
He was lashing the thistles by the side of the road with his long whip.
"Klondike or bust!" rang the slogan; every man for his own. Oh, how we flogged the horses, staggering skin and bone! Oh, how we cursed their weakness, anguish they could not tell, Breaking their hearts in our passion, lashing them on till they fell!
A, B, C, is the "lever-stick." Notch it deeply at A, where it is to receive the trigger; notch it also at B, half an inch from A; and at C, 5 inches or so from B. In lashing B to the grip of the stock at D, the firmer you make the lashing, the better.