/hwip"ing, wip"-/ , n.
1. a beating or flogging, esp. one administered with a whip or the like in punishment.
2. a defeat, as in sports.
3. an arrangement of cord, twine, or the like, whipped or wound about a thing, as to bind parts together or prevent unraveling, as at the end of a rope.
[ 1530-40; WHIP + -ING 1 ]