WHIP

whip, lash, whiplash

(noun) a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object; “the whip raised a red welt”

whip

(noun) an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping

whip

(noun) (golf) the flexibility of the shaft of a golf club

whip

(noun) a dessert made of sugar and stiffly beaten egg whites or cream and usually flavored with fruit

whip, party whip

(noun) a legislator appointed by the party to enforce discipline

blister, scald, whip

(verb) subject to harsh criticism; “The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday”; “the professor scaled the students”; “your invectives scorched the community”

worst, pip, mop up, whip, rack up

(verb) defeat thoroughly; “He mopped up the floor with his opponents”

whip, lash

(verb) strike as if by whipping; “The curtain whipped her face”

flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce

(verb) beat severely with a whip or rod; “The teacher often flogged the students”; “The children were severely trounced”

whisk, whip

(verb) whip with or as if with a wire whisk; “whisk the eggs”

whip

(verb) thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash; “The tall grass whipped in the wind”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Noun

WHIP

(baseball) Acronym of walks plus hits per inning pitched; a statistic of the number of baserunners a pitcher has allowed per inning pitched.

Etymology

Noun

whip (plural whips)

A lash; a pliant, flexible instrument, such as a rod (commonly of cane or rattan) or a plaited or braided rope or thong (commonly of leather) used to create a sharp "crack" sound for directing or herding animals.

The same instrument used to strike a person or animal for corporal punishment or torture.

A blow administered with a whip.

(hunting) A whipper-in.

(politics) A member of a political party who is in charge of enforcing the party's policies in votes.

(UK politics, with definite article) A document distributed weekly to MPs by party whips informing them of upcoming votes in parliament.

Whipped cream.

(nautical) A purchase in which one block is used to gain a 2:1 mechanical advantage.

(African-American Vernacular) A mode of personal motorized transportation; an automobile, all makes and models including motorcycles, excluding public transportation.

(roller derby) A move in which one player transfers momentum to another.

A whipping motion; a thrashing about.

The quality of being whiplike or flexible; suppleness, as of the shaft of a golf club.

Any of various pieces that operate with a quick vibratory motion

A spring in certain electrical devices for making a circuit

(music) A wippen, a rocking component in certain piano actions.

(historical) A coach driver; a coachman.

Synonyms

• (last for directing animals): crop (especially for horses), dressage whip (especially for horses), driving whip (especially for horses), jumping bat (especially for horses), flail, knout, lash, quirt, scourge, sjambok (South African), thong

• (lash for corporal punishment): cat (nautical), flail, knout, lash, quirt, scourge, sjambok (South African), thong

• (political party enforcer): party whip

Hyponyms

• bullwhip

• buggy whip

• coachwhip

• dogwhip

• drafting whip

• horsewhip

• longe whip

• party whip

• signal whip

• signalwhip

• snake whip

• snakewhip

• stockwhip

• yard whip

Verb

whip (third-person singular simple present whips, present participle whipping, simple past and past participle whipped)

(transitive) To hit with a whip.

(transitive, by extension) To hit with any flexible object.

(transitive, slang) To defeat, as in a contest or game.

(transitive) To mix in a rapid aerating fashion, especially food.

(transitive) To urge into action or obedience.

(transitive, politics) To enforce a member voting in accordance with party policy.

(transitive, nautical) To bind the end of a rope with twine or other small stuff to prevent its unlaying: fraying or unravelling.

(transitive, nautical) To hoist or purchase by means of a whip.

To sew lightly; specifically, to form (a fabric) into gathers by loosely overcasting the rolled edge and drawing up the thread.

(transitive) To throw or kick an object at a high velocity.

• He whipped the ball at me.

(ambitransitive) To fish a body of water especially by making repeated casts.

(intransitive) To snap back and forth like a whip.

(intransitive) To move very fast.

(transitive) To move (something) very fast; often with up, out, etc.

(transitive, roller derby) To transfer momentum from one skater to another.

(figurative) To lash with sarcasm, abuse, etc.

To thrash; to beat out, as grain, by striking.

Synonyms

• (to hit with a whip): whip

• (to move very fast): flail

• thrash

• thresh

Source: Wiktionary

Whip, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Whipped; p. pr. & vb. n. Whipping.] Etym: [OE. whippen to overlay, as a cord, with other cords, probably akin to G. & D. wippen to shake, to move up and down, Sw. vippa, Dan. vippe to swing to and fro, to shake, to toss up, and L. vibrare to shake. Cf. Vibrate.]

1. To strike with a lash, a cord, a rod, or anything slender and lithe; to lash; to beat; as, to whip a horse, or a carpet.

2. To drive with lashes or strokes of a whip; to cause to rotate by lashing with a cord; as, to whip a top.

3. To punish with a whip, scourge, or rod; to flog; to beat; as, to whip a vagrant; to whip one with thirty nine lashes; to whip a perverse boy. Who, for false quantities, was whipped at school. Dryden.

4. To apply that which hurts keenly to; to lash, as with sarcasm, abuse, or the like; to apply cutting language to. They would whip me with their fine wits. Shak.

5. To thrash; to beat out, as grain, by striking; as, to whip wheat.

6. To beat (eggs, cream, or the like) into a froth, as with a whisk, fork, or the like.

7. To conquer; to defeat, as in a contest or game; to beat; to surpass. [Slang, U. S.]

8. To overlay (a cord, rope, or the like) with other cords going round and round it; to overcast, as the edge of a seam; to wrap; -- often with about, around, or over. Its string is firmly whipped about with small gut. Moxon.

9. To sew lightly; specifically, to form (a fabric) into gathers by loosely overcasting the rolled edge and drawing up the thread; as, to whip a ruffle. In half-whipped muslin needles useless lie. Gay.

10. To take or move by a sudden motion; to jerk; to snatch; -- with into, out, up, off, and the like. She, in a hurry, whips up her darling under her arm. L'Estrange. He whips out his pocketbook every moment, and writes descriptions of everything he sees. Walpole.

11. (Naut.) (a) To hoist or purchase by means of a whip. (b) To secure the end of (a rope, or the like) from untwisting by overcasting it with small stuff.

12. To fish (a body of water) with a rod and artificial fly, the motion being that employed in using a whip. Whipping their rough surface for a trout. Emerson. To whip in, to drive in, or keep from scattering, as hounds in a hurt; hence, to collect, or to keep together, as member of a party, or the like.

– To whip the cat. (a) To practice extreme parsimony. [Prov. Eng.] Forby. (b) To go from house to house working by the day, as itinerant tailors and carpenters do. [Prov. & U. S.]

Whip, v. i.

Definition: To move nimbly; to start or turn suddenly and do something; to whisk; as, he whipped around the corner. With speed from thence he whipped. Sackville. Two friends, traveling, met a bear upon the way; the one whips up a tree, and the other throws himself flat upon the ground. L'Estrange.

Whip, n. Etym: [OE. whippe. See Whip, v. t.]

1. An instrument or driving horses or other animals, or for correction, consisting usually of a lash attached to a handle, or of a handle and lash so combined as to form a flexible rod. "[A] whip's lash." Chaucer. In his right hand he holds a whip, with which he is supposed to drive the horses of the sun. Addison.

2. A coachman; a driver of a carriage; as, a good whip. Beaconsfield.

3. (Mach.) (a) One of the arms or frames of a windmill, on which the sails are spread. (b) The length of the arm reckoned from the shaft.

4. (Naut.) (a) A small tackle with a single rope, used to hoist light bodies. (b) The long pennant. See Pennant (a)

5. A huntsman who whips in the hounds; whipper-in.

6. (Eng. Politics) (a) A person (as a member of Parliament) appointed to enforce party discipline, and secure the attendance of the members of a Parliament party at any important session, especially when their votes are needed. (b) A call made upon members of a Parliament party to be in their places at a given time, as when a vote is to be taken. Whip and spur, with the utmost haste.

– Whip crane, or Whip purchase, a simple form of crane having a small drum from which the load is suspended, turned by pulling on a rope wound around larger drum on the same axle.

– Whip gin. See Gin block, under 5th Gin.

– Whip grafting. See under Grafting.

– Whip hand, the hand with which the whip is used; hence, advantage; mastery; as, to have or get the whip hand of a person. Dryden.

– Whip ray (Zoöl.), the European eagle ray. See under Ray.

– Whip roll (Weaving), a roll or bar, behind the reeds in a loom, on which the warp threads rest.

– Whip scorpion (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of arachnids belonging to Thelyphonus and allied genera. They somewhat resemble true scorpions, but have a long, slender bristle, or lashlike organ, at the end of the body, instead of a sting.

– Whip snake (Zoöl.), any one of various species of slender snakes. Specifically: (a) A bright green South American tree snake (Philodryas viridissimus) having a long and slender body. It is not venomous. Called also emerald whip snake. (b) The coachwhip snake.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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