Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of cane
nouncaning (countable and uncountable, plural canings)
plural canings
- countableuncountableA beating with a cane, especially as a form of punishment
Synonyms & antonyms
nounwork made of interlaced slender branches (especially willow branches)
Similar
Broader
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian бой
- бой (boj)a beating with a cane
Chinese Mandarin 鞭刑
- 鞭刑 (biānxíng)a beating with a cane
Dutch bastonnade, stokhaver
- bastonnadea beating with a cane
- stokhavera beating with a cane
French bastonnade
- bastonnadea beating with a cane
Irish failpeadh
- failpeadha beating with a cane
Polish bastonada
- bastonadaa beating with a cane
Portuguese vergastada
- vergastadaa beating with a cane
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with caning
trainingremainingmaintainingentertaininggainingretainingcomplainingrainingdrainingwaningreigningplaningchainingreiningfeigningcraningaquatrainingpotty trainingpotty untrainingunpotty trainingunstaining
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
caning. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caning
MLA
“caning.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caning. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “caning,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caning.
Source: caning on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.