WordNet sense 1 (a sound defeat):

debacle, drubbing, slaughter, thrashing, walloping, trouncing

WordNet sense 2 (a stitch passing over an edge diagonally):

whipstitch, whipstitching

WordNet sense 3 (smart and fashionable):

snappy

WordNet sense 4 (displaying animation, vigor, or liveliness):

spirited

WordNet sense 5 (the act of overcoming or outdoing):

beating

WordNet sense 6 (beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment):

flagellation, flogging, lashing, tanning