Y16

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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