The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - whippingn.

1) beating, thrashing, lashing, flogging, horsewhipping, scourging, switching, caning, birching, flagellation, spanking: Once he had had a whipping, the boy would not misbehave again. 2 Nautical seizing, binding, tying, winding, fastening: The whipping will prevent the end of the line from unravelling.