WHIPPING

n. 1 a beating, esp. with a whip. 2 cord wound round in binding. whipping-boy 1 a scapegoat. 2 hist. a boy educated with a young prince and punished instead of him. whipping-cream cream suitable for whipping. whipping-post hist. a post used for public whippings. whipping-top a top kept spinning by blows of a lash.