to strike (a person or thing) with several strokes of a strap, rod, etc
2. (transitive)
to punish by striking in this manner
3. (tr; foll by out, away, etc)
to pull, remove, etc, with sudden rapid motion
to whip out a gun
4. (intr; foll by down, into, out of, etc) informal
to come, go, etc, in a rapid sudden manner
they whipped into the bar for a drink
5.
to strike or be struck as if by whipping
the tempest whipped the surface of the sea
6. (transitive)
to criticize virulently
7. (transitive)
to bring, train, etc, forcefully into a desired condition (esp in the phrases whip into line and whip into shape)
8. (transitive) informal
to overcome or outdo
I know when I've been whipped
9. (tr; often foll by on, out, or off)
to drive, urge, compel, etc, by or as if by whipping
10. (transitive)
to wrap or wind (a cord, thread, etc) around (a rope, cable, etc) to prevent chafing or fraying
11. (transitive) nautical
to hoist by means of a rope through a single pulley
12. (transitive)
(in fly-fishing) to cast the fly repeatedly onto (the water) in a whipping motion
13. (transitive)
(in sewing) to join, finish, or gather with whipstitch
14.
to beat (eggs, cream, etc) with a whisk or similar utensil to incorporate air and produce expansion
15. (transitive)
to spin (a top)
16. (transitive) informal
to steal
he whipped her purse
noun
17.
a device consisting of a lash or flexible rod attached at one end to a stiff handle and used for driving animals, inflicting corporal punishment, etc
18.
a whipping stroke or motion
19.
a person adept at handling a whip, as a coachman, etc
20. (in a legislative body)
a.
a member of a party chosen to organize and discipline the members of his or her faction, esp in voting and to assist in the arrangement of the business
b.
a call issued to members of a party, insisting with varying degrees of urgency upon their presence or loyal voting behaviour
c.
(in the British Parliament) a schedule of business sent to members of a party each week. Each item on it is underlined to indicate its importance: one line means that no division is expected, two lines means that the item is fairly important, and three lines means that the item is very important and every membermust attend and vote according to the party line
21.
an apparatus for hoisting, consisting of a rope, pulley, and snatch block
22.
any of a variety of desserts made from egg whites or cream beaten stiff, sweetened, and flavoured with fruit, fruit juice, etc
23. whipper-in
24.
a windmill vane
25.
transient elastic movement of a structure or part when subjected to sudden release of load or dynamic excitation
26.
a percussion instrument consisting of two strips of wood, joined forming the shape of a V, and clapped loudly together
27.
flexibility, as in the shaft of a golf club, etc
28.
a ride in a funfair involving bumper cars that move with sudden jerks
29.
a wrestling throw in which a wrestler seizes an opponent's arm and spins them to the floor
30. a fair crack of the whip
Derived forms
whiplike (ˈwhipˌlike)
adjective
whipper (ˈwhipper)
noun
Word origin
C13: perhaps from Middle Dutch wippen to swing; related to Middle Dutch wipfen to dance, German Wipfel tree top
whipped in American English
(hwɪpt, wɪpt)
adjective
1.
having received a whipping
2.
subdued or defeated as though by whipping
whipped by poverty
3.
beaten into a froth
whipped cream
4.
exhausted, tired, beat
After all that weeding, I'm whipped
Word origin
[1540–50; whip + -ed2]This word is first recorded in the period 1540–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cabinet, gondola, machine, telltale, vacuum-ed is a suffix forming the past participle of weak verbs (he had crossed the river), and of participial adjectives indicating a condition or quality resulting fromthe action of the verb (inflated balloons). Other words that use the affix -ed include: classified, limited, registered, unattended, unsettled