WHIP (whipped, whipping)

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Irregular inflected forms: whipped    , whipping   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does whip mean? 

• WHIP (noun)
  The noun WHIP has 5 senses:

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

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 delivered with a whip or whiplike object

  Familiarity information: WHIP used as a noun is common.

• WHIP (verb)
  The verb WHIP has 6 senses:

1. beat severely with a whip or rod

2. defeat thoroughly

3. thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash

4. strike as if by whipping

5. whip with or as if with a wire whisk

6. subject to harsh criticism

  Familiarity information: WHIP used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WHIP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("whip" is a kind of...):

instrument (a device that requires skill for proper use)

Meronyms (parts of "whip"):

lash; thong (leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip)

crop (the stock or handle of a whip)

stock (the handle end of some implements or tools)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "whip"):

cowhide (a heavy flexible whip braided from leather made from the hide of a cow)

horsewhip (a whip for controlling horses)

knout (a whip with a lash of leather thongs twisted with wire; used for flogging prisoners)

quirt (whip with a leather thong at the end)

hunting crop; riding crop (a short whip with a thong at the end and a handle for opening gates)

flagellum; scourge (a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor))

strap (whip consisting of a strip of leather used in flogging)

cat; cat-o'-nine-tails (a whip with nine knotted cords)

Derivation:

whip (beat severely with a whip or rod)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A legislator appointed by the party to enforce discipline

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

party whip; whip

Hypernyms ("whip" is a kind of...):

legislator (someone who makes or enacts laws)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A dessert made of sugar and stiffly beaten egg whites or cream and usually flavored with fruit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("whip" is a kind of...):

afters; dessert; sweet (a dish served as the last course of a meal)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "whip"):

prune whip (dessert made of prune puree and whipped cream)

Sense 4

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("whip" is a kind of...):

flexibility; flexibleness (the property of being flexible; easily bent or shaped)

Domain category:

golf; golf game (a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

lash; whip; whiplash

Context example:

the whip raised a red welt

Hypernyms ("whip" is a kind of...):

blow (a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon)

Derivation:

whip (beat severely with a whip or rod)

• WHIP (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they whip    ... he / she / it whips   
Past simple: whipped   
Past participle: whipped   
-ing form: whipping   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Beat severely with a whip or rod

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

flog; lash; lather; slash; strap; trounce; welt; whip

Context example:

The children were severely trounced

Hypernyms (to "whip" is one way to...):

beat; beat up; work over (give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "whip"):

flagellate; scourge (whip)

leather (whip with a leather strap)

horsewhip (whip with a whip intended for horses)

switch (flog with or as if with a flexible rod)

cowhide (flog with a cowhide)

cat (beat with a cat-o'-nine-tails)

birch (whip with a birch twig)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

They want to whip the prisoners

Derivation:

whip (a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object)

whip (an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping)

whipper (a person who administers punishment by wielding a switch or whip)

whipping (beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Defeat thoroughly

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Synonyms:

mop up; pip; rack up; whip; worst

Context example:

He mopped up the floor with his opponents

Hypernyms (to "whip" is one way to...):

beat; beat out; crush; shell; trounce; vanquish (come out better in a competition, race, or conflict)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

The fighter managed to whip his opponent

Derivation:

whipping (a sound defeat)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

The tall grass whipped in the wind

Hypernyms (to "whip" is one way to...):

convulse; jactitate; slash; thrash; thrash about; thresh; thresh about; toss (move or stir about violently)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Sense 4

Meaning:

Strike as if by whipping

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

lash; whip

Context example:

The curtain whipped her face

Hypernyms (to "whip" is one way to...):

strike (deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "whip"):

urticate (whip with or as with nettles)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Sense 5

Meaning:

Whip with or as if with a wire whisk

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

whip; whisk

Context example:

whisk the eggs

Hypernyms (to "whip" is one way to...):

beat; scramble (stir vigorously)

Domain category:

cookery; cooking; preparation (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Also:

whip up (prepare or cook quickly or hastily)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Subject to harsh criticism

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

blister; scald; whip

Context example:

your invectives scorched the community

Hypernyms (to "whip" is one way to...):

assail; assault; attack; lash out; round; snipe (attack in speech or writing)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

 Context examples 

I count them not a fly, cried Hordle John; for who is the better for all their whipping and yowling?

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He looked up when I came in, gave a kind of cry, and whipped upstairs into the cabinet.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

A club might have stopped White Fang, but not a whip.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

He had attacked Johnson, been attacked by Leach, and had just finished whipping the pair of them.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

“Lillibullero” was dropped again; and just before we lost sight of them behind the little point, one of them whipped ashore and disappeared.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

If the young lady has a brother or a friend, he ought to lay a whip across your shoulders.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

But Mercedes interfered, crying, “Oh, Hal, you mustn’t,” as she caught hold of the whip and wrenched it from him.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

It orbits very close to its star, whipping around it every 18 hours.

(Spitzer Maps Climate Patterns on a Super-Earth, NASA)

Astronomers have found a star that whips around a black hole about twice an hour.

(Astronomers Find Closest Star to A Black Hole, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

“You’re not to be trusted on the box until you can handle your whip better’n that.”

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)