'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
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
- accelerate,
- aerate,
- agitate,
- alderman,
- assemblyman,
- avert,
- bang,
- baste,
- bastinado,
- batter,
- beat,
- beat all hollow,
- beat hollow,
- beat up,
- belabor,
- belt,
- best,
- birch,
- blast,
- bludgeon,
- bowl down,
- box,
- buffet,
- bullwhacker,
- bundle,
- bustle,
- cabby,
- cabdriver,
- cabman,
- cage,
- cameleer,
- cane,
- carousel,
- carter,
- cartman,
- charioteer,
- chosen freeholder,
- churn,
- churn up,
- chute-the-chutes,
- chutes,
- city father,
- clabber,
- clobber,
- clot,
- club,
- coachman,
- coachy,
- coagulate,
- cocher,
- cochero,
- colloid,
- colloidize,
- congressman,
- congresswoman,
- conquer,
- convulse,
- cool,
- corral,
- councilman,
- cowhide,
- cream,
- crowd,
- cudgel,
- cuff,
- curdle,
- curry,
- cut,
- defeat,
- deflect,
- destroy,
- disarrange,
- discompose,
- dispatch,
- disquiet,
- disturb,
- divert,
- do in,
- drayman,
- drive,
- drive on,
- driver,
- drove,
- drub,
- dust,
- elephant driver,
- emulsify,
- emulsionize,
- excite,
- expedite,
- ferment,
- Ferris wheel,
- fix,
- flagellate,
- flail,
- flap,
- flog,
- floor leader,
- flurry,
- flying horses,
- foam,
- forward,
- fret,
- froth,
- fustigate,
- gad,
- gadfly,
- gharry-wallah,
- give a whipping,
- give the stick,
- goad,
- hack,
- hackman,
- hacky,
- hammer,
- harness racer,
- haste,
- hasten,
- hasten on,
- herd,
- hide,
- hie on,
- hors de combat,
- horsewhip,
- hurry,
- hurry along,
- hurry on,
- hurry up,
- hustle,
- hustle up,
- incrassate,
- inspissate,
- Jehu,
- jell,
- jellify,
- jelly,
- knock,
- knout,
- lace,
- lambaste,
- larrup,
- lash,
- lather,
- lawgiver,
- lawmaker,
- lay on,
- legislator,
- lick,
- lopper,
- mahout,
- majority leader,
- mantle,
- maul,
- Member of Congress,
- Member of Parliament,
- merry-go-round,
- minority leader,
- mop up,
- MP,
- mule skinner,
- muleteer,
- needle,
- nudge,
- outclass,
- outdo,
- outfight,
- outgeneral,
- outmaneuver,
- outpoint,
- outrun,
- outsail,
- outshine,
- overcome,
- overrun,
- overwhelm,
- oxgoad,
- paddle,
- party whip,
- paste,
- patter,
- pelt,
- perturb,
- perturbate,
- pistol-whip,
- pivot,
- poke,
- pommel,
- pound,
- precipitate,
- press,
- prick,
- prod,
- pulverize,
- pummel,
- punch cattle,
- push,
- push on,
- push through,
- put,
- quicken,
- quirt,
- railroad through,
- rap,
- rawhide,
- reinsman,
- representative,
- ride herd on,
- rile,
- ripple,
- roil,
- roller coaster,
- roughen,
- round up,
- roundabout,
- rout,
- rowel,
- ruffle,
- ruin,
- rumple,
- rush,
- rush along,
- scourge,
- scum,
- seesaw,
- senator,
- settle,
- shake,
- shake up,
- sheer,
- shellac,
- shepherd,
- skin,
- skin alive,
- skinner,
- skunk,
- slap,
- sledgehammer,
- smack,
- smear,
- smite,
- smother,
- solon,
- spank,
- speed,
- speed along,
- speed up,
- spume,
- spur,
- stage coachman,
- stampede,
- state senator,
- steamroller,
- sting,
- stir,
- stir up,
- strap,
- stripe,
- subdue,
- sud,
- suds,
- swing,
- swinge,
- swirl,
- switch,
- teamster,
- teeter-totter,
- thicken,
- thrash,
- thresh,
- thump,
- trim,
- triumph over,
- trouble,
- trounce,
- truckman,
- truncheon,
- undo,
- upend,
- upset,
- urge,
- vanquish,
- veer,
- vetturino,
- voiturier,
- volte-face,
- wagoner,
- wagonman,
- wallop,
- wear out,
- whale,
- wheel,
- whip along,
- whip up,
- whiplash,
- whirl,
- whirligig,
- whisk,
- whomp,
- whop,
- work up,
- worst,
- wrangle,
- yerk
Words containing 'Whip'
- To whip in,
- Whipped,
- Whipping,
- whip through,
- whip up,
- Sea whip,
- Single whip,
- To whip the cat,
- Whip and spur,
- Whip crane,
- Whip gin,
- Whip grafting,
- Whip hand,
- Whip purchase,
- Whip ray,
- Whip roll,
- Whip scorpion,
- Whip snake,
- Whipping post,
- buggy whip,
- party whip,
- pistol whip,
- prune whip,
- smart as a whip,
- whip top,
- whipped cream,
- whipping boy,
- whipping cream,
- whipping top,
- Whip-poor-will,
- Whip-shaped,
- emerald whip snake,
- heavy whipping cream,
- light whipping cream,
- pistol-whip,
- whip-round,
- whip-scorpion,
- whip-snake,
- Whip-tom-kelly