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Meaning whip meaning

What does whip mean?
Definitions in simple English

whip Noun

— A whip is a long, thin leather instrument. A person uses it, with very quick motion, to give pain. A person uses it on a horse or another person as punishment. When the horse sees the whip in the person's hand, the horse gets scared and runs far away.

whip Verb

— If you whip something, you hit it with a whip. Jockeys whip horses to make them go faster.

whip

— verb (= flog, trounce) beat severely with a whip or rod The teacher often flogged the students The children were severely trounced — verb (= mop up) defeat thoroughly He mopped up the floor with his opponents — verb strike as if by whipping The curtain whipped her face — verb thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash The tall grass whipped in the wind — noun an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping — noun (golf) the flexibility of the shaft of a golf club — noun a dessert made of sugar and stiffly beaten egg whites or cream and usually flavored with fruit — noun a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object the whip raised a red welt — noun a legislator appointed by the party to enforce discipline — verb (= whisk) whip with or as if with a wire whisk whisk the eggs — verb (= blister) subject to harsh criticism The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday the professor scaled the students your invectives scorched the community

Synonyms whip synonyms

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whip English » English

lash beat flog scourge thrash switch hit strike spank strap flagellate cane trounce horsewhip slash quirt chastise whisk stir smack rod knout welt punish mix defeat cord worst wallop thong swing stick slap scald party whip overcome lather goad flagellum club birch beat up whop whipper-in whiplash whip ray vanquish urge twig thresh

Topics whip topics

What do people use whip to talk about?
Social behavior Law

Punish
Social behavior Conflict War

Weapon, shoot
Universe, creation Water

Movement of water
Universe, creation Water Movement of water

Calm, rough
Person Healthy

Injure
Social behavior Conflict War

Defeat
Physical actions Physical impact

Hit

Conjugation whip conjugation

How do you conjugate whip?

whip · verb

Examples whip examples

How do I use whip in a sentence?

Simple sentences

I wish I had the whip hand.
While clearly outside of his element at, say, a Western-style karaoke bar, he could easily whip out a Brazilian folk song in seven-eight meter on his berimbau.
They made a whip out of cords.
Whip the egg-whites until they are stiff.
In Singapore, one way to punish criminals is to whip them.
Whip him until he confesses.

Movie subtitles

Heloise is this whip-smart student who wants the answer to human existence.
You know, next year I'd be happy to whip you up a senior elf suit.
I would've been here ten minutes ago, but Nurse Crane was cracking the whip.
In other words, we had a whip-round.
And when King Attilla his mount bestrode It was the world over which he rode And when he paused his whip to crack the world cried out - Woe, woe, alack What deeds are now in his mind?
It's a whip, that's what it is.
It is, my dear lady, when hunting has been the whip for all other passions.
Too bad you didn't bring your whip.
No, whip it around the other way.
So I put my arm under the whip in the hope it would break, then your granddad would have to go for a new one, giving your granny or mother a chance to snatch you away.
We've whipped them once, and we'll whip them again.
Smart as a whip. You know none of those men ever lose money in the market?
Better put your whip to them.
And don't you be upsetting her or I'll whip the hide off you.
Put the whip to them!
You've got your whip.
Whip would have done just as well.
If you can manage the bread, I'll whip you up some scrambled eggs. that'll be a poem.
For every whip stroke you have bestowed upon my beloved, may you suffer a year of woe.
Gimme that hammer. Why don't somebody get behind her and get that whip?
I know that a mother can take a whip to the toughest boy in the world. and he forgets it, because he knows that she loves him.
Better pull your whip to him.
A free hand? That means he'll starve and whip them.
Have her things packed for me in an hour, or I warn you I've always thought a lashing with a whip would benefit you immensely.
If I catch you playin' with wheat again, I'll whip you!
Easy with the whip.
Look out, Uncle Tom Hemingway, here comes Mabel Legree a-cracking her whip.
The old calendar does whip around, doesn't it?
That old buzzard's as smart as a whip.
WHIP UP THE HORSES.
That means he'll starve and whip them.
Have her things packed for me in an hour, or I warn you. I've always thought a lashing with a whip would benefit you immensely.

News and current affairs

The ECB simply cannot whip the European Union into shape.
If the whip is cracked in Tegucigalpa today, workers in Charlotte will feel it tomorrow.
Clearly, Europe's answer to globalization is that certain spheres of social life-say, healthcare, education, the environment, or culture-cannot be left to the whip of the market.
The war party appears to be trying to whip up American public opinion in support of a wider conflict.
Putin's foreign policy also is evidently intended to whip up populist chauvinism.
Planned economies were never able to flourish because uncertainty about the future is just too high, something that is best left to the speculators, with the potential of reward if they are right and the disciplining whip of the market if they are wrong.
Right-wing populist parties in Europe regularly whip up popular sentiment against Muslim minorities by condemning their treatment of women.
Presumably, Putin hopes to whip up nationalist sentiment to strengthen his weakened hold on power at home.
Europe today does not need inspirational leaders who can whip up a populist frenzy.

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