lashing

Etymology

lash + -ing

noun

  1. Something used to tie something or lash it to something.
    The lashings, which had been holding the chest to the deck of the storm-tossed ship, broke, and it went overboard.
  2. The act of one who, or that which, lashes; castigation; chastisement.
  3. As lashings: lots.
    Lashings of ginger beer

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of lash
    the rain was lashing down

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