lashingnoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/ˈlæʃ.ɪŋ/us/ˈlæʃ.ɪŋ/lashing noun [ C usually singular ] (PUNISHMENT)
the punishment of being hit with a whip:
He was sentenced to receive a lashing.
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Disapproving & criticizing
- -basher
- animadversion
- aspersions
- backbite
- bad-mouth
- belabour
- damn
- damn sb with faint praise idiom
- denounce
- dig
- disapproval
- give sb hell idiom
- nagging
- pitch into sb/sth
- pound
- pound away at sth/sb
- pull sth apart
- put the boot in idiom
- take a dim view of sth idiom
- throw
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lashing noun [ C usually singular ] (A LOT)
lashings [ plural ] UK old-fashioned or humorous
a lot of food or drink:
scones with lashings of cream
lashings of ginger beer
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Masses and large amounts of things
- accumulation
- an embarrassment of riches idiom
- any number of things idiom
- backlog
- battery
- boatload
- bolus
- clot
- deluge
- fund
- lather
- outpouring
- panoply
- plethora
- predominance
- preponderance
- sheet
- shower
- thousand
- tidal wave
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lashingadjective [ before noun ]
/ˈlæʃ.ɪŋ/lashing adjective [ before noun ] (RAIN)
falling with great force:
Lashing rain and fierce winds have battered parts of the country today.