lashings

Meanings

Noun

• a large number or amount
• beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
• rope that is used for fastening something to something else
  • "the boats were held together by lashings"
• plural of lashing.

Verb

• beat severely with a whip or rod
• lash or flick about sharply
• strike as if by whipping
• bind with a rope, chain, or cord

Synonyms

dozens, flagellation, flog, flogging, gobs, heaps, lash, lashing, lather, loads, lots, oodles, piles, rafts, scads, scores, slash, slews, stacks, strap, tanning, tons, trounce, wads, welt, whip, whipping

Antonyms

unlash