Word Type

Noun

Verb

Adjective

The word "whipping" can be used as noun, verb and adjective.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

whipping boy whipping cream whipping frog whipping girl whipping post

Derived From

whip

Inflected/Variant Forms

whip

Context

nautical

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

beating combat defeat drubbing embroidery stitch fight fighting lacing licking scrap sewing stitch thrashing trouncing whacking

Type Of (IsA)

beating hitting

Related Terms

air bind cooking cord cream defeat incorporated lash lashing punishment technique thrashing thread whip whipped

Similar Terms

spirited

Synonym Network

beating snappy thrashing whipstitch

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.