Lashing

n.	1.	The act of one who, or that which, lashes; castigation; chastisement. Lashing out a striking out; also, extravagance.
	1.	See 2d Lasher.

Noun	1.	lashing - beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment Synonyms: flagellation, flogging, whipping, tanning
	2.	lashing - rope that is used for fastening something to something else; "the boats were held together by lashings"
Adj.	1.	lashing - violently urging on by whipping or flogging; "looked at the lashing riders"

adhesive, affixation, annexation, attachment, bastinado, basting, battery, beating, belting, binding, bond, buffeting, caning, clasping, clubbing, corporal punishment, cowhiding, cudgeling, drubbing, fastener, fastening, flagellation, flailing, flogging, fustigation, girding, hooking, horsewhipping, knot, lacing, ligation, pistol-whipping, rawhiding, scourging, spanking, splice, sticking, strapping, stripes, swingeing, switching, thrashing, tieing, trouncing, truncheoning, whipping, zipping