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Whip 1Definition: 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.
Whip 2Definition: To drive with lashes or strokes of a whip; to cause to rotate by lashing with a cord; as, to whip a top. Whip 3Definition: 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. Whip 4Definition: To apply that which hurts keenly to; to lash, as with sarcasm, abuse, or the like; to apply cutting language to. Whip 5Definition: To thrash; to beat out, as grain, by striking; as, to whip wheat. Whip 6Definition: To beat (eggs, cream, or the like) into a froth, as with a whisk, fork, or the like. Whip 7Definition: To conquer; to defeat, as in a contest or game; to beat; to surpass. Whip 8Definition: 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. Whip 9Definition: 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. Whip 10Definition: To take or move by a sudden motion; to jerk; to snatch; with into, out, up, off, and the like. Whip 11Definition: To hoist or purchase by means of a whip. Whip 12Definition: To secure the end of (a rope, or the like) from untwisting by overcasting it with small stuff. Whip 13Definition: To fish (a body of water) with a rod and artificial fly, the motion being that employed in using a whip. Whip 14Definition: To move nimbly; to start or turn suddenly and do something; to whisk; as, he whipped around the corner. Whip 15Definition: 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. Whip 16Definition: A coachman; a driver of a carriage; as, a good whip. Whip 17Definition: One of the arms or frames of a windmill, on which the sails are spread. Whip 18Definition: The length of the arm reckoned from the shaft. Whip 19Definition: A small tackle with a single rope, used to hoist light bodies. Whip 20Definition: The long pennant. See Pennant (a) Whip 21Definition: A huntsman who whips in the hounds; whipper-in. Whip 22Definition: 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. Whip 23Definition: 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. whip 24Definition: a quick blow with a whip whip 25Definition: an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping whip 26Definition: (golf) the flexibility of the shaft of a golf club whip 27Definition: a dessert made of sugar and stiffly beaten egg whites or cream and usually flavored with fruit whip 28Definition: a legislator appointed by the party to enforce discipline whip 29Definition: subject to harsh criticism; "The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday"; "the professor scaled the students"; "your invectives scorched the community" whip 30Definition: defeat thoroughly; "He mopped up the floor with his opponents" whip 31Definition: strike as if by whipping; "The curtain whipped her face" whip 32Definition: beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced" whip 33Definition: whip with or as if with a wire whisk; "whisk the eggs" whip 34Definition: thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash; "The tall grass whipped in the wind"
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