'Whip' definitions:

Definition of 'whip'

(from WordNet)
noun
An instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping
noun
A legislator appointed by the party to enforce discipline [syn: whip, party whip]
noun
A dessert made of sugar and stiffly beaten egg whites or cream and usually flavored with fruit
noun
(golf) the flexibility of the shaft of a golf club
noun
A quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object; "the whip raised a red welt" [syn: whip, lash, whiplash]
verb
Beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced" [syn: flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce]
verb
Defeat thoroughly; "He mopped up the floor with his opponents" [syn: worst, pip, mop up, whip, rack up]
verb
Thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash; "The tall grass whipped in the wind"
verb
Strike as if by whipping; "The curtain whipped her face" [syn: whip, lash]
verb
Whip with or as if with a wire whisk; "whisk the eggs" [syn: whisk, 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" [syn: blister, scald, whip]

Definition of 'Whip'

From: GCIDE
  • Whip \Whip\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Whipped; p. pr. & vb. n. Whipping.] [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.] [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To drive with lashes or strokes of a whip; to cause to rotate by lashing with a cord; as, to whip a top. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Who, for false quantities, was whipped at school. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To apply that which hurts keenly to; to lash, as with sarcasm, abuse, or the like; to apply cutting language to. [1913 Webster]
  • They would whip me with their fine wits. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. To thrash; to beat out, as grain, by striking; as, to whip wheat. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. To beat (eggs, cream, or the like) into a froth, as with a whisk, fork, or the like. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. To conquer; to defeat, as in a contest or game; to beat; to surpass. [Slang, U. S.] [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Its string is firmly whipped about with small gut. --Moxon. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • In half-whipped muslin needles useless lie. --Gay. [1913 Webster]
  • 10. To take or move by a sudden motion; to jerk; to snatch; -- with into, out, up, off, and the like. [1913 Webster]
  • She, in a hurry, whips up her darling under her arm. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster]
  • He whips out his pocketbook every moment, and writes descriptions of everything he sees. --Walpole. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 12. To fish (a body of water) with a rod and artificial fly, the motion being that employed in using a whip. [1913 Webster]
  • Whipping their rough surface for a trout. --Emerson. [1913 Webster]
  • 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.] [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Whip'

From: GCIDE
  • Whip \Whip\, v. i. To move nimbly; to start or turn suddenly and do something; to whisk; as, he whipped around the corner. [1913 Webster]
  • With speed from thence he whipped. --Sackville. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Whip'

From: GCIDE
  • Whip \Whip\, n. [OE. whippe. See Whip, v. t.] [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • In his right hand he holds a whip, with which he is supposed to drive the horses of the sun. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A coachman; a driver of a carriage; as, a good whip. --Beaconsfield. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Naut.) (a) A small tackle with a single rope, used to hoist light bodies. (b) The long pennant. See Pennant (a) [1913 Webster]
  • 5. A huntsman who whips in the hounds; whipper-in. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. A whipping motion; a thrashing about; as, the whip of a tense rope or wire which has suddenly parted; also, the quality of being whiplike or flexible; flexibility; suppleness, as of the shaft of a golf club. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 8. (Mech.) Any of various pieces that operate with a quick vibratory motion, as a spring in certain electrical devices for making a circuit, or a rocking certain piano actions. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 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 (Zool.), 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 (Zool.), 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 (Zool.), 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. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'whip'

From: Moby Thesaurus

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