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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Whip \Whip\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Whipped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Whipping}.] [OE. whippen to overlay, as a cord, with other cords, probably akin to G. & D. wippen to shake, to move up and down, Sw. vippa, Dan. vippe to swing to and fro, to shake, to toss up, and L. vibrare to shake. Cf. {Vibrate}.]
1. 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.
2. To drive with lashes or strokes of a whip; to cause to rotate by lashing with a cord; as, to whip a top.
3. 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.
Who, for false quantities, was whipped at school. --Dryden.
4. To apply that which hurts keenly to; to lash, as with sarcasm, abuse, or the like; to apply cutting language to.
They would whip me with their fine wits. --Shak.
5. To thrash; to beat out, as grain, by striking; as, to whip wheat.
6. To beat (eggs, cream, or the like) into a froth, as with a whisk, fork, or the like.
7. To conquer; to defeat, as in a contest or game; to beat; to surpass. [Slang, U. S.]
8. 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.
Its string is firmly whipped about with small gut. --Moxon.
9. 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.
In half-whipped muslin needles useless lie. --Gay.
10. To take or move by a sudden motion; to jerk; to snatch; -- with into, out, up, off, and the like.
She, in a hurry, whips up her darling under her arm. --L'Estrange.
He whips out his pocketbook every moment, and writes descriptions of everything he sees. --Walpole.
11. (Naut.) (a) To hoist or purchase by means of a whip. (b) To secure the end of (a rope, or the like) from untwisting by overcasting it with small stuff.
12. To fish (a body of water) with a rod and artificial fly, the motion being that employed in using a whip.
Whipping their rough surface for a trout. --Emerson.
{To whip in}, to drive in, or keep from scattering, as hounds in a hurt; hence, to collect, or to keep together, as member of a party, or the like.
{To whip the cat}. (a) To practice extreme parsimony. [Prov. Eng.] --Forby. (b) To go from house to house working by the day, as itinerant tailors and carpenters do. [Prov. & U. S.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Whip \Whip\, noun [OE. whippe. See {Whip}, verb (used with an object)]
1. 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. ''[A] whip's lash.'' --Chaucer.
In his right hand he holds a whip, with which he is supposed to drive the horses of the sun. --Addison.
2. A coachman; a driver of a carriage; as, a good whip. --Beaconsfield.
3. (Mach.) (a) One of the arms or frames of a windmill, on which the sails are spread. (b) The length of the arm reckoned from the shaft.
4. (Naut.) (a) A small tackle with a single rope, used to hoist light bodies. (b) The long pennant. See {Pennant} (a)
5. A huntsman who whips in the hounds; whipper-in.
6. (Eng. Politics) (a) 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. (b) 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.
7. A whipping motion; a thrashing about; as, the whip of a tense rope or wire which has suddenly parted; also, the quality of being whiplike or flexible; flexibility; suppleness, as of the shaft of a golf club. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
8. (Mech.) Any of various pieces that operate with a quick vibratory motion, as a spring in certain electrical devices for making a circuit, or a rocking certain piano actions. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
{Whip and spur}, with the utmost haste.
{Whip crane}, or {Whip purchase}, a simple form of crane having a small drum from which the load is suspended, turned by pulling on a rope wound around larger drum on the same axle.
{Whip gin}. See {Gin block}, under 5th {Gin}.
{Whip grafting}. See under {Grafting}.
{Whip hand}, the hand with which the whip is used; hence, advantage; mastery; as, to have or get the whip hand of a person. --Dryden.
{Whip ray} (Zo["o]l.), the European eagle ray. See under {Ray}.
{Whip roll} (Weaving), a roll or bar, behind the reeds in a loom, on which the warp threads rest.
{Whip scorpion} (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of arachnids belonging to {Thelyphonus} and allied genera. They somewhat resemble true scorpions, but have a long, slender bristle, or lashlike organ, at the end of the body, instead of a sting.
{Whip snake} (Zo["o]l.), any one of various species of slender snakes. Specifically: (a) A bright green South American tree snake ({Philodryas viridissimus}) having a long and slender body. It is not venomous. Called also {emerald whip snake}. (b) The coachwhip snake.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Whip \Whip\, verb (used without an object) To move nimbly; to start or turn suddenly and do something; to whisk; as, he whipped around the corner.
With speed from thence he whipped. --Sackville.
Two friends, traveling, met a bear upon the way; the one whips up a tree, and the other throws himself flat upon the ground. --L'Estrange.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
whip
noun
1: an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping
2: a legislator appointed by the party to enforce discipline [syn: {party whip}]
3: a dessert made of sugar and stiffly beaten egg whites or cream and usually flavored with fruit
4: (golf) the flexibility of the shaft of a golf club
5: a quick blow with a whip [syn: {lash}, {whiplash}]
verb
1: beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced" [syn: {flog}, {welt}, {lather}, {lash}, {slash}, {strap}, {trounce}]
2: defeat thoroughly; "He mopped up the floor with his opponents" [syn: {worst}, {pip}, {mop up}, {rack up}]
3: thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash; "The tall grass whipped in the wind"
4: strike as if by whipping; "The curtain whipped her face" [syn: {lash}]
5: whip with or as if with a wire whisk; "whisk the eggs" [syn: {whisk}]
6: subject to harsh criticism; "The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday"; "the professor scaled the students"; "your invectives scorched the community" [syn: {blister}, {scald}] [also: {whipping}, {whipped}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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