whipping

whipping (http://definr.com/whipping)

     adj : smart and fashionable; "snappy conversation"; "some sharp
           and whipping lines" [syn: snappy]
     n 1: beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
          [syn: tanning, flogging, lashing, flagellation]
     2: a sound defeat [syn: thrashing, walloping, debacle, drubbing,
         slaughter, trouncing]
     3: a stitch passing over an edge diagonally [syn: whipstitch,
         whipstitching]
     4: the act of overcoming or outdoing [syn: beating]