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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
- 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
Synonyms for whip
- avert
- bash
- bat
- beat
- belt
- best
- birch
- blast
- blend
- bludgeon
- bullwhip
- cane
- castigate
- cat-o'-nine-tails
- chastise
- clobber
- conquer
- crop
- cudgel
- deflect
- dive
- divert
- drub
- ferule
- flagellate
- flash
- flit
- flog
- fly
- goad
- hammer
- hide
- horsewhip
- jerk
- kill
- knout
- lambaste
- larrup
- lash
- lather
- lick
- mix
- mop up
- outdo
- overcome
- overpower
- overrun
- overwhelm
- pivot
- prod
- pull
- punish
- push
- put away
- rawhide
- rod
- rout
- ruler
- run circles around
- rush
- scourge
- seize
- settle
- sheer
- shoot
- snatch
- spank
- steamroller
- strap
- strike
- subdue
- surge
- switch
- take apart
- tan
- tear
- thong
- thrash
- top
- trash
- trim
- trounce
- turn
- vanquish
- veer
- wallop
- wax
- whale
- wheel
- whirl
- whisk
- whomp
- work up
- worst
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