Used in a Sentence

whipping

How to use whipping in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for whipping.

Editorial note

Wow, the NSA has just become the whipping boy of the media.

Examples9
Definitions5
Parts of speech2

Quick take

beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of whipping gathered in one view.

noun

beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment

noun

a sound defeat

noun

a sewing stitch passing over an edge diagonally

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for whipping.

noun

the act of overcoming or outdoing

adjective

smart and fashionable; "snappy conversation"; "some sharp and whipping lines"

Example sentences

1

Wow, the NSA has just become the whipping boy of the media.

2

He was a whipping boy in the videogame press because of it, but I think his other work is interesting.

3

The defense is whipping up hysteria about the prospect of 13 years in custody.

4

They don't know the bounds of their own ignorance because they think cs is just knowing a few programming languages, whipping up a few apps and websites.

5

The solution is to focus it, to try to get people to spend their 20% time pushing harder into deeper and more difficult areas instead of whipping out hacks.

6

Normally this would be headline whoring by the predictable media, except that this is the BBC, and I thought Starbucks was made the whipping boy for tax evasion in the UK.

7

Without whipping out my Googlefu I would wager there are certainly more cases of people blowing the whistle and seeing their way of life crumble around them than there are who get protected by law.

8

It's the fact that he kept whipping up more drama about it and continued espousing "poor me" viewpoint about rape survivors bullying him, on a near-yearly basis, that really drove people away.

9

If LinkedIn, the article's whipping boy for bad password storage, had somebody with the brains and capability to purchase and integrate this multi-machine password storage system, LinkedIn would have had somebody with the capability of implementing a secure password hashing system like pbkdf or bcrypt or scrypt and wouldn't need to buy a mega priced security solution from RSA.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use whipping in a sentence?

Wow, the NSA has just become the whipping boy of the media.

What does whipping mean?

beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment

What part of speech is whipping?

whipping is commonly used as noun, adjective.