whip

Definitions

1. 1transitive verb

   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. 2transitive verb

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

3. 3transitive verb

   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.

4. 4transitive verb

   To apply that which hurts keenly to; to lash, as with sarcasm, abuse, or the like; to apply cutting language to.

5. 5transitive verb

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

6. 6transitive verb

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

7. 7transitive verb

   To conquer; to defeat, as in a contest or game; to beat; to surpass.

8. 8transitive verb

   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.

9. 9transitive verb

   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.

10. 10transitive verb

    To take or move by a sudden motion; to jerk; to snatch; -- with into, out, up, off, and the like.

11. 11transitive verb

    To hoist or purchase by means of a whip.

12. 12transitive verb

    To secure the end of (a rope, or the like) from untwisting by overcasting it with small stuff.

13. 13transitive verb

    To fish (a body of water) with a rod and artificial fly, the motion being that employed in using a whip.

14. 14intransitive verb

    To move nimbly; to start or turn suddenly and do something; to whisk; as, he whipped around the corner.

15. 15transitive verb

    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.

16. 16transitive verb

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

17. 17transitive verb

    One of the arms or frames of a windmill, on which the sails are spread.

18. 18transitive verb

    The length of the arm reckoned from the shaft.

19. 19transitive verb

    A small tackle with a single rope, used to hoist light bodies.

20. 20transitive verb

    The long pennant. See Pennant (a)

21. 21transitive verb

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

22. 22transitive verb

    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.

23. 23transitive verb

    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.

24. 24noun

    a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object

    "the whip raised a red welt"

    Synonyms

    lashwhiplash
25. 25noun

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

26. 26noun

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

27. 27noun

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

28. 28noun

    a legislator appointed by the party to enforce discipline

29. 29verb

    subject to harsh criticism

    "The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday"

    "the professor scaled the students"

    Synonyms

    blisterscald
30. 30verb

    defeat thoroughly

    "He mopped up the floor with his opponents"

    Synonyms

    pipworst
31. 31verb

    strike as if by whipping

    "The curtain whipped her face"

    Synonyms

    lash
32. 32verb

    beat severely with a whip or rod

    "The teacher often flogged the students"

    "The children were severely trounced"

    Synonyms

    floglashlatherslashstraptrouncewelt
33. 33verb

    whip with or as if with a wire whisk

    "whisk the eggs"

    Synonyms

    whisk
34. 34verb

    thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash

    "The tall grass whipped in the wind"