Usually means: Punishment device for flogging criminals.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word whipping post:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. whipping post: Merriam-Webster
  2. whipping post: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. whipping post: Collins English Dictionary
  4. whipping post: Vocabulary.com
  5. whipping-post, whipping post: Wordnik
  6. whipping post: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  7. whipping post: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. whipping post: Dictionary.com
  9. Whipping Post (song), Whipping Post, Whipping post: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. whipping post: Rhymezone
  11. whipping-post: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  12. whipping post: FreeDictionary.org
  13. whipping post: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. whipping post: TheFreeDictionary.com
  15. whipping post: Wiktionary

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Whipping-post, whipping post: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Whipping-post, whipping post: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Whipping-post, whipping post: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Whipping Post (offensive): Racial Slur Database

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Definitions from Wiktionary (whipping post)

noun:  A post or pillory to which a criminal is tied, and flagellated.

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