verb (present participle)
General Slang
lashing
· verb (present participle) · irish
Rain coming down hard enough to ruin your day and your shoes.
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Definitions
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Raining heavily. Standard Irish weather report. Often paired with 'down' or 'out of the heavens' for emphasis. Not a drizzle, not a shower — proper sideways, soak-you-in-thirty-seconds rain.
“Don't bother with the washing line, it's lashing out there.”
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A beating, either literal or a heavy defeat. Older sense, still alive in sports commentary and parental threats from a previous era.
“Kerry gave them an awful lashing in the second half.”
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lashing In A Sentence
Don't bother with the washing line, it's lashing out there.
Kerry gave them an awful lashing in the second half.
Origin & Usage
From 'lash' meaning to strike with force — the rain is whipping down like a lash. Standard across Ireland and parts of the UK but most associated with Irish weather-talk.
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