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Whip 1

Definition: 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 2

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

Whip 3

Definition: 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 4

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

Whip 5

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

Whip 6

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

Whip 7

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

Whip 8

Definition: 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 9

Definition: 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 10

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

Whip 11

Definition: To hoist or purchase by means of a whip.

Whip 12

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

Whip 13

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

Whip 14

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

Whip 15

Definition: 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 16

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

Whip 17

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

Whip 18

Definition: The length of the arm reckoned from the shaft.

Whip 19

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

Whip 20

Definition: The long pennant. See Pennant (a)

Whip 21

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

Whip 22

Definition: 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 23

Definition: 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 24

Definition: a quick blow with a whip

whip 25

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

whip 26

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

whip 27

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

whip 28

Definition: a legislator appointed by the party to enforce discipline

whip 29

Definition: 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 30

Definition: defeat thoroughly; "He mopped up the floor with his opponents"

whip 31

Definition: strike as if by whipping; "The curtain whipped her face"

whip 32

Definition: beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"

whip 33

Definition: whip with or as if with a wire whisk; "whisk the eggs"

whip 34

Definition: thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash; "The tall grass whipped in the wind"

 

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