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Rarelashing
The correct spelling is lashing.
How to pronounce lashing
/ˈlæʃɪŋ/
verbIPA: /ˈlæʃɪŋ/
Say it like: Las-hin-g
The correct spelling is lashing. To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one. For example: "lash a pack on a horse's back"
Usage Examples
“lash a pack on a horse's back”
“The lashings, which had been holding the chest to the deck of the storm-tossed ship, broke, and it went overboard.”
“Lashings of ginger beer”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.
- 2.To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash.
- 3.To throw out with a jerk or quickly.
- 4.To scold; or to satirize; to censure with severity.
- 5.To ply the whip; to strike.
noun
- 1.Something used to tie something or lash it to something.
- 2.(in the form "lashings of"): plenty of
- 3.The act of one who, or that which, lashes; castigation; chastisement.
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