WHIP
\wˈɪp], \wˈɪp], \w_ˈɪ_p]\
Definitions of WHIP
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
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scorch with words; "blistering criticism; whipping comments"
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strike as if by whipping; "The curtain whipped her face"
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colloquial usage; defeat thoroughly; "He mopped up the floor with his opponents"
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a legislator appointed by the party to enforce discipline
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thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash; "The tall grass whipped in the wind"
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an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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strike as if by whipping; "The curtain whipped her face"
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a legislator appointed by the party to enforce discipline
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thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash; "The tall grass whipped in the wind"
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an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping
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(golf) the flexibility of the shaft of a golf club
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a dessert made of sugar and stiffly beaten egg whites or cream and usually flavored with fruit
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subject to harsh criticism; "The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday"; "the professor scaled the students"; "your invectives scorched the community"
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defeat thoroughly; "He mopped up the floor with his opponents"
By Princeton University
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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.
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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.
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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.
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To drive with lashes or strokes of a whip; to cause to rotate by lashing with a cord; as, to whip a top.
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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.
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To apply that which hurts keenly to; to lash, as with sarcasm, abuse, or the like; to apply cutting language to.
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To thrash; to beat out, as grain, by striking; as, to whip wheat.
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To beat (eggs, cream, or the like) into a froth, as with a whisk, fork, or the like.
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To conquer; to defeat, as in a contest or game; to beat; to surpass.
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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.
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To hoist or purchase by means of a whip.
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To secure the end of (a rope, or the like) from untwisting by overcasting it with small stuff.
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To fish (a body of water) with a rod and artificial fly, the motion being that employed in using a whip.
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To move nimbly; to start or turn suddenly and do something; to whisk; as, he whipped around the corner.
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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.
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A coachman; a driver of a carriage; as, a good whip.
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One of the arms or frames of a windmill, on which the sails are spread.
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The length of the arm reckoned from the shaft.
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A small tackle with a single rope, used to hoist light bodies.
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The long pennant. See Pennant (a)
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A huntsman who whips in the hounds; whipper-in.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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To take or move by a sudden motion; to jerk; to snatch; - with into, out, up, off, and the like.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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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.
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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.
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To drive with lashes or strokes of a whip; to cause to rotate by lashing with a cord; as, to whip a top.
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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.
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To apply that which hurts keenly to; to lash, as with sarcasm, abuse, or the like; to apply cutting language to.
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To thrash; to beat out, as grain, by striking; as, to whip wheat.
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To beat (eggs, cream, or the like) into a froth, as with a whisk, fork, or the like.
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To conquer; to defeat, as in a contest or game; to beat; to surpass.
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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.
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To hoist or purchase by means of a whip.
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To secure the end of (a rope, or the like) from untwisting by overcasting it with small stuff.
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To fish (a body of water) with a rod and artificial fly, the motion being that employed in using a whip.
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To move nimbly; to start or turn suddenly and do something; to whisk; as, he whipped around the corner.
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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.
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A coachman; a driver of a carriage; as, a good whip.
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One of the arms or frames of a windmill, on which the sails are spread.
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The length of the arm reckoned from the shaft.
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A small tackle with a single rope, used to hoist light bodies.
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The long pennant. See Pennant (a)
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A huntsman who whips in the hounds; whipper-in.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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To take or move by a sudden motion; to jerk; to snatch; - with into, out, up, off, and the like.
By Noah Webster.
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To strike or punish with a lash or rod; flog; to take, snatch, or jerk; with out, off, from, etc.; as, he whipped out his pistol and fired; colloquially, to defeat in a contest; conquer; as, the home team was badly whipped; beat into a froth; as, to whip cream; beat out; to overcast, as a seam; to bind the end of (a rope), to prevent it from fraying out; to wrap regularly, as a rope; fish in with a rod and artificial fly; as, to whip a stream for trout.
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To move nimbly; start suddenly and run.
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An instrument with a lash, used for driving animals or for correction; one who drives horses.
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Whipper.
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Whipping.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Whipper.
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To strike with a whip; flog.
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To effect by or as by blows of a whip.
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To move or sweep with a lashing motion.
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To move nimbly.
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An instrument consisting of a handle and lash, or the like, used for driving draft - animals or for administering punishment.
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A driver.
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A rope and pulley used for hoisting, etc.
By James Champlin Fernald
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To take or seize with a sudden motion: to snatch: to carry or convey suddenly and rapidly-usually followed by some preposition or adverb, as away, from, out, into, up, and the like. “I whipt me behind the arras.â€-Shak.; “Whips out his rapier.â€-Shak., “She, in a hurry, whips up her darling under her arm.â€-Sir R. L’Estrange; “He whips out his pocket-book every moment, and writes descriptions of everything he sees.â€-H. Walpole; to sew slightly; to form into gathers; as to whip a ruffle; to overlay, as rope, cord, etc., with a cord, twine, or thread going round and round it; to in wrap-generally with about, around, over, or the like; “Whipped over either with gold thread, silver, or silk.â€-Stubbes: to strike with a whip or lash or with anything tough and flexible; to lash; as, to whip a horse: to punish with a whip, scourge, birch, or the like; to flog; as to whip a vagrant; to whip a perverse boy; “Who for false quantities was whipp’d at school.†Dryden: to drive with lashes; to make to turn or rotate with lashes; as, to whip a top; “Since I plucked geese, played truant, and whipped top.â€-Shak.: to lash in a figurative sense; to treat with cutting severity, as with sarcasm, abuse, or the like; “The league between virtue and nature engages all things to assume a hostile front to vice. The beautiful laws and substances of the world persecute and whip the traitor.â€-Emerson: to thrash; to beat out, as grain by striking; as, to whip wheat: (naut.) to hoist or purchase by means of a rope passed through a single pulley: to beat; to overcome; to surpass; “We can whip all creations.â€- Lever: to fish in with rod and line; as, to whip a stream; “To whip the trout stream.â€-Lever: to beat into a froth, as eggs, cream, etc., with a whisk, fork, spoon, or the like.
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To move nimbly: to start suddenly and run: or to turn and run: as, the boy whipped away in an instant; he whipped round the corner.
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An instrument for driving horses, cattle, etc., or for correction, consisting commonly of a handle, to which is attached a thong of plaited leather: a coachman or driver of a carriage; as a good whip; “Major Benson, who was a famous whip, took his seat on the box of the barouche.â€-Miss Edgeworth: (naut.) a rope passed through a single block or pulley used to hoist light bodies: one of the radii or arms of a wind-mill to which the sails are attached; also, the length of the arm reckoned from the shaft: in the British parliament, (a) a member who performs the non-official but important duties of looking after the interests of his party, and who secures the attendance of as many members as possible at important divisions; as, the Liberal whip, the Conservative, whip; (b) a call made upon the members of a party to be in their places at a certain time; as, both parties have issued a rigorous whip in view of the expected division.
By Daniel Lyons