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   Whip

   /(h)wip/

   

   noun

   • 1. a strip of leather or length of cord fastened to a handle, used for flogging or beating a person or for urging on an animal.
   • ▪ a blow with a whip or similar implement.
   • 2. an official of a political party appointed to maintain discipline among its members in Congress or Parliament, especially so as to ensure attendance and voting in debates.
   • ▪ a written notice from a political party official requesting attendance for voting. British
   • ▪ party membership of a Member of Parliament or other elected body: British "he asked for the whip to be withdrawn from them"
   • 3. a dessert consisting of cream or eggs beaten into a light fluffy mass with fruit, chocolate, or other ingredients.
   • ▪ a utensil such as a whisk or an eggbeater for beating cream, eggs, or other food.
   • 4. short for whipper-in
   • 5. a slender, unbranched shoot or plant.
   • 6. a scythe for cutting specified crops: North American "a grass whip"
   • 7. a rope-and-pulley hoisting apparatus.
   • 8. a car: informal US "I just got new wheels for my whip"

   verb

   • 1. beat (a person or animal) with a whip or similar instrument, especially as a punishment or to urge them on: "Lewis whipped the boy twenty times" Similar flogscourgeflagellatelashbirchswitchtanstrapbeltcanethrashbeatleathertan/whip someone's hidegive someone a hidingbeat the living daylights out of
   • ▪ (of a flexible object or rain or wind) strike or beat violently: "the wind whipped their faces"
   • ▪ defeat (a person or team) heavily in a sporting contest: informal "he whipped the Brazilian 6-1, 6-2, 6-3" Similar trouncedefeat utterlybeat hollowwin a resounding victory overannihilatedrubroutgive someone a drubbingcrushoverwhelmbring someone to their kneesinformal:hammerclobberthrashpastegive someone a pastingpoundpulverizemassacrecrucifydemolishdestroywipe the floor withtake to the cleanersmake mincemeat ofmurderflattenturn inside outrun rings aroundstuffmarmalizeshellacblow outcreamskunkown
   • 2. move fast or suddenly in a specified direction: "I whipped around the corner" Similar dashrushracerunsprintboltdartgallopcareerchargeshoothurtlehareboundflyspeedstreakzoomplungedivewhiskscurryscuttlescamperscrambleinformal:tearbeltpeltscootzapzipstep on itget a move onhotfoot itgo hell for leathersteamput on some speedgo like a bat out of hellburn rubberbombgo like the clappersbucketput one's foot downleg itwheechboogiehightail itclipbarrelget the lead outinformal, dated:cut alongvulgar slang:drag/tear/haul assliterary:fleetarchaic:posthiehasteOpposite dawdle
   • ▪ take out or move (something) fast or suddenly: "he whipped out his revolver and shot him" Similar pullwhisksnatchplucktugjerkremovetakeproduceinformal:yank
   • 3. beat (cream, eggs, or other food) into a froth. Similar whiskbeatmixstir
   • 4. steal (something): informal British "the escaper had whipped his overcoat" Similar stealpurlointhievetaketake for oneselfhelp oneself tolootpilferabscond withrun off withappropriateabstractcarry offshopliftembezzlemisappropriatehave one's fingers/hand in the tillinformal:walk off/away withrun away/off withrobswipenabrip offliftliberatefilchsnafflesnitchsouvenirnickpinchhalf-inchknock offnobblebonescrumpblagheistglomsnaveldated, informal:cliftyinformal:tiefarchaic:cribhookrare:peculatedefalcateinformal:walkgo walkies
   • 5. bind (something) with spirally wound twine: "the side linings are whipped or hemmed"
   • ▪ sew or gather (something) with overcast stitches: "she began whipping narrow lace along the top of the garment"

   Word Origin Middle English: probably from Middle Low German and Middle Dutch wippen ‘swing, leap, dance’, from a Germanic base meaning ‘move quickly’. The noun is partly from the verb, reinforced by Middle Low German wippe ‘quick movement’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. whiplike adjective
   • 2. whipper noun

   Scrabble Points: 12

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   Check pronunciation: whip. Definition of whip verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Cooking whip1 /wɪp/ verb (whipped, whipping) 1 [ transitive] to hit someone or something with a whip He whipped the horse into a canter. 2 [ intransitive, transitive always + adverb/preposition] to move quickly and violently, or to make something do this The wind whipped her hai...

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   to be in a position where you have power or control over someone or something She had the whip hand and it was useless to resist. Definition of whip noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   whip meaning: 1. a long piece of leather fixed to a handle and used to hit an animal or person 2. to hit a person…. Learn more.

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   Define whip: to hit (a person or animal) with a whip or with something that is like a whip—usage, synonyms, more.

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   v. to beat with a flexible piece of rope or leather, as a lash, esp. as punishment:[ ~ + object] to whip the slaves. to spank:[ ~ + object] He was whipped for telling a lie. to urge on by or as if by whipping:[ ~ + object] to whip the horses to go faster. to train forcefully:[ ~ + object] trying to whip the team into shape.

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   a strip of leather or length of cord fastened to a handle, used for fl.... Meaning, pronunciation and example sentences, English to English reference content.