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Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : hwip, wip
Phonetic Transcription : ʰwɪp, wɪp



Definition of whip

Origin :
  • mid-13c., wippen "flap violently," from Proto-Germanic *wipp- (cf. Danish vippe "to raise with a swipe," Middle Dutch, Dutch wippen "to swing," Old High German wipf "swing, impetus"), from PIE *wib- "move quickly." The cookery sense is from 1670s. Related: Whipped; whipping. Whipping boy first recorded 1640s; whipping block is from c.1877. Whip-saw is attested from 1530s; whip snake first recorded 1774.
  • noun length of material for hitting
  • verb hit repeatedly
  • verb defeat soundly
  • verb dash, dart
  • verb agitate, stir up
Example sentences :
  • Then the whip was brought into requisition, and it was laid on with no light hand.
  • Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford
  • Neither did Lizzie, though her tongue was a whip for Connie.
  • Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
  • The minute they know you're without your whip they go for you like tigers at a wounded trainer.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • But the lash of the whip found his face, and marked it for a time worse than the small-pox.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • Whip the cream until it is stiff and fold this into the mixture.
  • Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 4 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
  • He knew we could whip Great Britain, and he wanted to fight her.
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 7, May 14, 1870 » by Various
  • It was the first time he had ever felt the cut of a whip, and the blow was not forgiven.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • Chip carefully brushed a fly off Polly's flank with the whip.
  • Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
  • He leaned forward a little, got a fresh grip on the reins and took the whip.
  • Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
  • Why didn't you do as I told you—hang to the bridle and fight Denver off with your whip?
  • Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower

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