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Whip

wɪp

Whip definitions
noun
whip whips
  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 parliamentary discipline among its members, especially so as to ensure attendance and voting in debates
    • a written notice from a whip requesting attendance for voting
    • membership of the group of MPs that form the official, elected representation of a particular political party, together with the duties or rights associated with such membership

      "he resigned the Tory whip in protest at mine closures"

  3. a dessert consisting of cream or eggs beaten into a light fluffy mass with fruit, chocolate, or other ingredients
  4. a slender, unbranched shoot or plant
  5. a scythe for cutting specified crops

    "a grass whip"

  6. a rope-and-pulley hoisting apparatus
  7. a car

    "I just got new wheels for my whip"

verb
whips whipping whipped whip
  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"

    flog scourge flagellate lash birch switch tan strap belt cane thrash beat leather tan/whip someone's hide give someone a hiding beat 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

      "he whipped the Brazilian 6-1, 6-2, 6-3"

  2. move fast or suddenly in a specified direction

    "he whipped round to face them"

    • take out or move (something) fast or suddenly

      "he whipped out his revolver and shot him"

  3. beat (cream, eggs, or other food) into a froth
  4. steal (something)

    "the escaper had whipped his overcoat"

    steal purloin thieve take take for oneself help oneself to loot pilfer abscond with run off with appropriate abstract carry off shoplift
  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"