skelping

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of skelp

comparative more skelping · superlative most skelping

1. large; whopping

plural skelpings

1. A beating or slapping.

   Jonty's instinctive awestruck expression had been curtailed by repeated skelpings across the head by his father, Henry.

   2015, Irvine Welsh, A Decent Ride, page 53

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   The word was old Scots for a good spanking, particularly in relation to the punishment of a miscreant child, and the Scots, after centuries of skelpings at the hands of the English themselves, absolutely loved it.

   2011, Kate McGregor, No Pretender: The Tale of a Modern Day Hero, page 35