lashing

lashing is a 7-letter English word with 5 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of one who, or that which, lashes; castigation; chastisement. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 13 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of one who, or that which, lashes; castigation; chastisement.
2. noun. See 2d Lasher.
3. noun. beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment

   Synonyms: flagellation, flogging, tanning, whipping

4. noun. rope that is used for fastening something to something else

   "the boats were held together by lashings"

5. adjective. violently urging on by whipping or flogging

   "looked at the lashing riders"

Synonyms

flagellation, flogging, tanning, whipping

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in lashing:

anglish, ashling

Common word forms

lash, lashings, lashingly

Words from these letters

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