Synonyms of the word

tanning

• v. present participle of tan.
• v. The process of making leather, which does not easily decompose, from the skins of animals, which do.
• n. The acquisition of a tan, either by exposure to the sun, or artificially.
• n. (informal) A spanking.

activity

• n. The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active…
• n. Something done as an action or a movement.
• n. Something done for pleasure or entertainment, especially one involving movement or an excursion.
• n. Use (of internet, Playstation, bank account etc.).

beating

• n. Action of the verb to beat.
• n. A heavy defeat or setback.
• n. The pulsation of the heart.
• v. present participle of beat.

craft

• n. (obsolete) Strength; power; might.
• n. (uncountable) Skill in one's work.
• n. (uncountable) Ability; dexterity; skill, especially skill in making plans and carrying them into execution;…
• n. (uncountable) Cunning, art, skill, or dexterity applied to bad purposes; artifice; guile; subtlety; shrewdness…
• n. (obsolete) A device; a means; an art; art in general.
• n. (countable, plural: crafts) The skilled practice of a practical occupation.
• n. The members of a trade collectively; guild.
• n. (nautical, whaling) Implements used in catching fish, such as net, line, or hook. Modern use primarily…
• n. (nautical) Boats, especially of smaller size than ships. Historically primarily applied to vessels engaged…
• n. (figuratively) A woman.
• n. (nautical, British Royal Navy) Those vessels attendant on a fleet, such as cutters, schooners, and gun-boats,…
• n. (countable, plural: craft) A vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space.
• n. (countable, plural: crafts) A particular kind of skilled work.
• v. To make by hand and with much skill.
• v. To construct, develop something (like a skilled craftsman): "state crafting", "crafting global policing".
• v. (video games) to combine multiple items to form a new item.

drubbing

• v. present participle of drub.
• n. A severe beating; a bace.
• n. A thorough defeat.

flagellation

• n. A beating consisting of lashes, notably as corporal punishment or mortification, such as a whipping or…
• n. (botany) The formation by plants of flagella, or their arrangement.

flogging

• n. Infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping.
• v. present participle of flog.

lacing

• v. present participle of lace.
• n. That with which something is laced.
• n. The tied laces that form a netlike pattern.
• n. A beating as punishment; a hiding.

lashing

• n. Something used to tie something or lash it to something.
• n. (in the form "lashings of"): plenty of.
• n. The act of one who, or that which, lashes; castigation; chastisement.
• v. present participle of lash.
• v. (Ireland, slang) Raining heavily.

licking

• n. An act of licking.
• n. (slang) A severe beating.
• n. (slang) A great loss or defeat.
• v. present participle of lick.

thrashing

• v. present participle of thrash.
• n. action of the verb to thrash.
• n. a beating, especially a severe one.
• n. (slang) A heavy defeat.
• n. (computing) excessive paging within virtual storage.
• n. (dance) slam dancing.
• n. (colloquial) threshing (of cereal crop, etc).

trade

• n. (uncountable) Buying and selling of goods and services on a market.
• n. (countable) A particular instance of buying or selling.
• n. (countable) An instance of bartering items in exchange for one another.
• n. (countable) Those who perform a particular kind of skilled work.
• n. (countable) Those engaged in an industry or group of related industries.
• n. (countable) The skilled practice of a practical occupation.
• n. (countable or uncountable) An occupation in the secondary sector; as opposed to an agricultural, professional…
• n. (uncountable, Britain) The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers.
• n. (chiefly in the plural) Steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator.
• n. (only as plural) A publication intended for participants in an industry or related group of industries.
• n. (uncountable, LGBT, slang) A brief sexual encounter.
• n. (obsolete, uncountable) Instruments of any occupation.
• n. (mining) Refuse or rubbish from a mine.
• n. (obsolete) A track or trail; a way; a path; passage.
• n. (obsolete) Course; custom; practice; occupation.
• v. (intransitive) To engage in trade.
• v. (intransitive) To be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions.
• v. (transitive) To give (something) in exchange for.
• v. (horticulture, transitive or intransitive) To give someone a plant and receive a different one in return.
• v. (intransitive or transitive) To do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood.
• v. (intransitive) To have dealings; to be concerned or associated (with).

trouncing

• v. present participle of trounce.
• n. A thorough defeat.

whacking

• v. present participle of whack.
• adj. (informal) Exceptionally large; whopping.
• n. A beating.

whipping

• n. (countable) The punishment of being whipped.
• n. (countable) A heavy defeat; a thrashing.
• n. (uncountable) A cooking technique in which air is incorporated into cream etc.
• n. (countable) A cord or thread used to lash or bind something.
• n. (nautical, whipping) The lashing of the end of a rope. (FM 55-501).
• v. present participle of whip.