Whipping :  adj : smart and fashionable; "snappy conversation"; "some sharp and whipping lines" [syn: snappy] (noun)
1: beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment [syn: tanning, flogging, lashing, flagellation]
2: a sound defeat [syn: thrashing, walloping, debacle, drubbing, slaughter, trouncing]
3: a stitch passing over an edge diagonally [syn: whipstitch, whipstitching]
4: the act of overcoming or outdoing [syn: beating] ... ( more )

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