1.  whipping(n = noun.act) flagellation, flogging, lashing, tanning - beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment;
is a kind of beating, drubbing, lacing, licking, thrashing, trouncing, whacking
has particulars: self-flagellation, horsewhipping
Derived form verb whip₁

2.  whipping(n = noun.event) debacle, drubbing, slaughter, thrashing, trouncing, walloping - a sound defeat;
is a kind of defeat, licking
Derived form verb whip₂

3.  whipping(n = noun.artifact) whipstitch, whipstitching - a sewing stitch passing over an edge diagonally;
is a kind of embroidery stitch, sewing stitch
has particulars: overcast, overcasting

4.  whipping(n = noun.act) beating - the act of overcoming or outdoing;
is a kind of combat, fight, fighting, scrap

   whipping(s = adj.all) snappy - smart and fashionable; "snappy conversation"; "some sharp and whipping lines"

   a & n. from Whip, v. [1913 Webster]

whipping, n.
1 a beating, esp. with a whip.
2 cord wound round in binding.

Idiom:
whipping-boy
1 a scapegoat.
2 hist. a boy educated with a young prince and punished instead of him. whipping-cream cream suitable for whipping. whipping-post hist. a post used for public whippings. whipping-top a top kept spinning by blows of a lash.

heavy whipping cream, light whipping cream, whipping boy, whipping cream, whipping post, whipping top