The term whipping has multiple meanings.

• It can mean the act of flagellation (see that article) using a whip or similar implement to inflict corporal punishment;

OR in a figurative sense it can also refer to : Whipping on a post Flagellation is the act of whipping (Latin flagellum, whip) the human body. ... A whip is a tapered flexible length of either a single cord or plaited (braided) leather or other material, commonly with a stiff handle. ... Corporal punishment is the deliberate infliction of pain intended as correction or punishment, (corporal means of, relating to, or affecting the body). ...

• • keeping someone under the thumb, by force or sheer dominance; if succesfully subdued, that person is called (well-)whipped
  • any disciplining, including a verbal 'tongue lashing'
  • the activities of party officials called whips in party politics, charged with enforcing observance of party discipline
  • a competitive defeat inflicted, as in sports or in business
• It can mean the cooking technique that incorporates air into food by vigorous beating: see Whipping (cookery)
• It can refer to the act of binding a rope in ropework with a Whipping knot.
• It can refer to a loose form of sewing
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