Synonyms for lashing

Grammar : Adj

Spell : lash-ing

Phonetic Transcription : ˈlæʃ ɪŋ

Définition of lashing

Origin : "a beating, flogging," c.1400, verbal noun from lash (v.1).

adj thrashing

Example sentences :

She held out her quivering hands which the wind was lashing.
Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola

She fell and tried to escape on her hands and knees; but lashing her again he jerked her to her feet.
Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola

And he drove off, lashing his horse so fiercely that it almost bolted.
Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola

And he lashed his horse ferociously as though he were lashing himself.
Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola

The chuckles of this poor man were like cuts from a whip to Therese, lashing and urging her on.
Extract from : « Therese Raquin » by Emile Zola

When I stepped round to get at the lashing, he let out a sort of soft bellow.
Extract from : « Victory » by Joseph Conrad

The wind tore the words from his mouth as it struck them in lashing fury.
Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1920 » by Various

You might heave your rump up half a foot, but for lashing out—oho!
Extract from : « At the Back of the North Wind » by George MacDonald

Louder and fiercer roared the Box Elder, lashing its banks with foam.
Extract from : « Warrior Gap » by Charles King

This time the driver got some revenge by lashing a couple of them with his long whip.
Extract from : « Frontier Boys in Frisco » by Wyn Roosevelt

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