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1. Violently urging on by whipping or flogging
   "looked at the lashing riders"

1. Beating with a whip, strap or rope as a form of punishment
   - whipping, tanning, flogging, flagellation
    
2. Rope that is used for fastening something to something else
   "the boats were held together by lashings"

1. Beat severely with a whip or rod
   "The teacher often lashed the students";
   - flog, welt, whip, lather, slash, strap, trounce, whale [N. Amer, informal]
    
2. Lash or flick about sharply
   "The lion lashed its tail"
    
3. Strike as if by whipping
   "The curtain lashed her face";
   - whip
    
4. Bind with a rope, chain, or cord
   "lash the horse"
    
5. [Brit, informal] Spend money extravagantly, esp. to indulge oneself
   "I lashed out on a new TV";
   - splurge [informal], lash out [Brit, informal], splash out [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: lashings

See also: violent

Type of: beat, beat up, beating, bind, consume, drubbing, fastener, fastening, fixing, hiding [informal], holdfast, lacing, licking, rope, squander, strike, sway, swing, thrashing, tie, trouncing, ware [archaic], waste, whacking, work over

Antonym: unlash

Encyclopedia: Lashing