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UK
/wˈɪp/
]
[ US /ˈhwɪp, ˈwɪp/ ]
[ US /ˈhwɪp, ˈwɪp/ ]
VERB
-
whip with or as if with a wire whisk
whisk the eggs -
subject to harsh criticism
your invectives scorched the community
The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday
the professor scaled the students -
thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash
The tall grass whipped in the wind -
beat severely with a whip or rod
The children were severely trounced
The teacher often flogged the students -
strike as if by whipping
The curtain whipped her face -
defeat thoroughly
He mopped up the floor with his opponents
NOUN
- a dessert made of sugar and stiffly beaten egg whites or cream and usually flavored with fruit
- (golf) the flexibility of the shaft of a golf club
- a legislator appointed by the party to enforce discipline
-
a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
the whip raised a red welt - an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping
How To Use whip In A Sentence
- Ketheral looked around the inside of the armory, picked up a chainwhip, a normal whip, a brace of throwing knives, and a couple of shields.
- The first followed a head on collision with a bus, where she had to be cut out of the car and fortunately her only injury was severe whiplash.
- Bobileff and crew fettled and cajoled and fairly bullwhipped the old beast back together, then fired her up and into a transporter just hours before the show.
- She and I were laughing and joking as the car whipped round curves at 70 mph.
- However, the measure intended to foster democracy will result in all three party leaders imposing a three-line whip on their respective MPs – a move hardly likely to ease the public's mistrust of Parliament. European Union: The referendum is an absurd sideshow | Observer editorial
- Though there is ever-present sadness the poet still wishes to "whip in kitchen cups concupiscent curds. Kazim Ali: From East Jerusalem to Ramallah
- In other matches University made it two wins in a row with a 4-2 win over Whippersnappers, although University slipped back to their bad habits and defaulted the bottom two boards.
- Sancho resigns himself and agrees to the task on the condition that he is not required to draw blood with these whippings and that gentle lashes count too.
- The World Is Flat" & Co. were cyclones of breeziness, mixing metaphors by the dozens and whipping up slang and clichés and jokey catchphrases of the author's own invention. Shovel-Ready Shibboleths
- If he thinks that people are being too happy, he's sure to crack the whip.