Lashing meaning : To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one. To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash. To throw out with a jerk or quickly. To scold; or to satirize; to censure with severity. To ply the whip; to strike. To utter censure or sarcastic language. (of rain) To fall heavily, especially in the phrase lash down To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten. Something used to tie something or lash it to something. (in the form "lashings of"): plenty of The act of one who, or that which, lashes; castigation; chastisement.