n.1 a beating, esp. with a whip.
2 cord wound round in binding.
Phrases and idioms:
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.