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lashing
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As a noun, lashing means something used to tie something or lash it to something. As an adjective, it means violently urging on by whipping or flogging.
Meanings of lashing
6 meaningsnoun
Something used to tie something or lash it to something.
“The lashings, which had been holding the chest to the deck of the storm-tossed ship, broke, and it went overboard.”
The act of one who, or that which, lashes; castigation; chastisement.
As lashings: lots.
“Lashings of ginger beer”
Rope that is used for fastening something to something else
“the boats were held together by lashings”
verb
Present participle of lash
adjective
Violently urging on by whipping or flogging
“looked at the lashing riders”
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).