whipping

adj : smart and fashionable; "snappy conversation"; "some sharp

and whipping lines" [syn: {snappy}]

n 1: beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment

[syn: {flogging}, {lashing}, {flagellation}]

2: a sound defeat [syn: {thrashing}, {walloping}, {debacle}, {drubbing},

{slaughter}, {trouncing}]

3: a stitch passing over an edge diagonally [syn: {whipstitch},

{whipstitching}]

4: the act of overcoming or outdoing [syn: {beating}]