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- the punishment of being hit with a whip: He was sentenced to receive a lashing.
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The meaning of LASHINGS is a great plenty : abundance. How to use lashings in a sentence.
The meaning of LASHING is something used for binding, wrapping, or fastening. How to use lashing in a sentence.
1. Lashings are ropes or cables that are used to tie one thing to another. [...] 2. If you refer to someone's comments as a lashing, you mean that they are very critical and angry. [...] 3. A lashing is a punishment in which a person is hit with a whip. [...] More. Pronunciations of 'lashing' American English: læʃɪŋ British English: læʃɪŋ. More.
2 days ago · 1. quantifier. Lashings of something means a large quantity or amount of it. [mainly British, informal] Serve by cutting the scones in half and spreading with jam and lashings of clotted cream. [+ of] ...lashings of slapstick comedy. 2. countable noun [usually plural] Lashings are ropes or cables that are used to tie one thing to another.
Definition of lashing noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Definition of 'lashings' lashings in American English. (ˈlæʃɪŋz) noun. (used with a plural v.) chiefly Brit informal (usually fol. by of) an abundance; plenty. strawberries with lashings of cream. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC. Modified entries © 2019 by Penguin Random House LLC and HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.
Definitions of lashings. noun. a large number or amount. synonyms: dozens, gobs, heaps, loads, lots, oodles, piles, rafts, scads, scores, slews, stacks, tons, wads. see more.
