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How to pronounce lashing in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms flagellation, flogging, tanning, whipping
Type of beating, drubbing, lacing, licking, thrashing, trouncing, whacking
Has types self-flagellation, horsewhipping
Type Words
Type of rope, fastener, fastening, fixing, holdfast


the boats were held together by lashings.
Type Words


looked at the lashing riders.

Examples of lashing

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Reggie Jackson broke that up with one out by lashing a single into center field.
From the ocregister.com
Only the biggest boys, and young ladies of eighteen and twenty, escaped lashing.
From the sacbee.com
Now it seems the country's central banker is lashing out against the UK as well.
From the forbes.com
Last week they began lashing out at the Christian Democrats, who support Duarte.
From the time.com
It's plummy and tarry, with a lashing of anise, frank tannins and a long finish.
From the sacbee.com
Fly 15 hours across the planet for semi-public tongue-lashing from the president?
From the washingtonpost.com
The lashing rope is tied off to a wooden stake at the bottom of the photograph.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Lashing back in frustration, Palin drew a foul that landed him in the penalty box.
From the thenewstribune.com
Rather, Albert is prone to self-pity, to lashing out, and to snobbish disdain.
From the telegraph.co.uk
More examples
  • Violently urging on by whipping or flogging; "looked at the lashing riders"
  • Whipping: beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
  • Rope that is used for fastening something to something else; "the boats were held together by lashings"
  • (lashings) tons: a large number or amount; "made lots of new friends"; "she amassed stacks of newspapers"
  • A lashing is an arrangement of rope used to secure two or more items together in a somewhat rigid manner. Lashings are most commonly applied to timber poles, and are commonly associated with the scouting movement and with sailors.
  • Lashings World XI is a cricket team, founded by David Folb. It was originally formed in 1984 as a scratch team, and grew from an unremarkable English local club cricket team into, as it bills itself, the "Worldu2019s Greatest Cricket Club".
  • (Lashed) Barge system; barges loaded on a vessel instead of a container.
  • (Lashed) (adj) drunk, intoxicated.
  • (lashed) (v.): swung around quickly