A thorough beating: “He gave the bully an awful ________.”
LICKING | 197 |
THRASHING | 188 |
BEATING | 187 |
WHIPPING | 167 |
GOING-OVER | 87 |
SHELLACKING | 84 |
WALLOPING | 84 |
TROUNCING | 48 |
MAULING | 19 |
LAMBASTING | 18 |
LASHING | 17 |
WORKING-OVER | 16 |
DRUBBING | 15 |
TRIMMING | 15 |
CLOBBERING | 11 |
NR | 10 |
POUNDING | 10 |
THUMPING | 9 |
LACING | 8 |
PUMMELING | 6 |
WHACKING | 6 |
WHOPPING | 6 |
WORK-OVER | 6 |
WALLOP | 5 |
BEATING UP | 4 |
BLOW | 4 |
FLOGGING | 4 |
SLUGGING | 4 |
CLUBBING | 3 |
GOOD GOING-OVER | 3 |
TERRIFIC BEATING | 3 |
WHALING | 3 |
WORK-OUT | 3 |
BELTING | 2 |
OVERHAULING | 2 |
PASTING | 2 |
STOMPING | 2 |
TANNING | 2 |
AWFUL BEATING UP | 1 |
BACK LASH | 1 |
BAD TIME | 1 |
BEAT HIM INTO PULP | 1 |
BEAT THE HELL OUF OF HIM | 1 |
BEAT THE HELL OUT OF HIM | 1 |
BRUISING | 1 |
BRUTAL BEATING | 1 |
CHASTISE | 1 |
CHUNKING | 1 |
CLEANED HIS CLOCK | 1 |
CLOBBERED | 1 |
CLOBBERING-UP | 1 |
CLOUT | 1 |
CRACK | 1 |
CREAMED HIM | 1 |
DRUPPING | 1 |
DUFFING | 1 |
GAVE HIM A LICKING | 1 |
GIVE HIM WHAT HE NEEDED | 1 |
GOOD BEATING | 1 |
GOOD LICKING | 1 |
GOT HIS COME-UPPANCE | 1 |
HEAD-WHIPPING | 1 |
HELL OF A BEATING | 1 |
HORRIBLE BEATING | 1 |
HORSEWHIPPING | 1 |
INSULT | 1 |
JOLT | 1 |
LAMBASTE | 1 |
LESSON | 1 |
LICKED HIM | 1 |
MOMMICKING | 1 |
MOPPING UP | 1 |
MUSSING UP | 1 |
ONCE-OVER | 1 |
POUNDED THE STUFFING OUT OF HIM | 1 |
PRETTY ROUGH TREATMENT | 1 |
REAL BEATING | 1 |
SCUTCHING | 1 |
SEVERE BEATING | 1 |
SHAKE | 1 |
SHAKING UP | 1 |
SLASHING | 1 |
SLUG | 1 |
SOCKING | 1 |
SOUND TRASHING | 1 |
SPANKING | 1 |
STRAPPING | 1 |
STUMPING | 1 |
TAR AND FEATHERING | 1 |
TEARING DOWN | 1 |
TEARING UP | 1 |
TORE HIM UP | 1 |
TRANCING | 1 |
TROUNCER | 1 |
TUSSLE | 1 |
UNMERCIFUL BEATING | 1 |
WAXING | 1 |
WHAT WAS COMING TO HIM | 1 |
WHAT’S-FOR | 1 |
WHEYING | 1 |
WOLLOPING | 1 |
WOMPING | 1 |
WORKED HIM OVER | 1 |
WORKS | 1 |
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