skelping

English

Verb

skelping

1. present participle and gerund of skelp

Adjective

skelping (comparative more skelping, superlative most skelping)

1. large; whopping

Noun

skelping (plural skelpings)

1. A beating or slapping.
   • 2011, Kate McGregor, No Pretender: The Tale of a Modern Day Hero, page 35:

     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.

   • 2015, Irvine Welsh, A Decent Ride, page 53:

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

Anagrams

• spelking