- whipping (n.)
[whipping 词源字典]
- 1560s, "a beating with a whip," verbal noun from whip (v.). As "a defeat," 1835, American English colloquial. Also as a past participle adjective; hence whipping post (c. 1600); whipping boy (1640s); whipping block (1877).[whipping etymology, whipping origin, 英语词源]