1. to strike with repeated strokes, as with a strap or rod; lash.
2. to punish or chastise by repeated striking with a strap or rod; flog.
3. to afflict, castigate, or reprove severely: "for nonconformity the world whips you with its displeasure” ( Ralph Waldo Emerson).
4. to drive, force, or compel by flogging, lashing, or other means.
5. to strike or affect in a manner similar to whipping or lashing: icy winds whipped my face.
6. to beat (cream or eggs, for example) into a froth or foam.
7. informal to snatch, pull, or remove in a sudden manner: he whipped off his cap.
8. to sew with a loose overcast or overhand stitch.
9. to wrap or bind (a rope, for example) with twine to prevent unraveling or fraying.
10. nautical to hoist by means of a rope passing through an overhead pulley.
11. informal to defeat; outdo: our team can whip your team.
12. to move in a sudden, quick manner; dart.
13. to move in a manner similar to a whip; thrash or snap about: branches whipped against the windows.
14. an instrument, either a flexible rod or a flexible thong or lash attached to a handle, used for driving animals or administering corporal punishment.
15. A whipping or lashing motion or stroke; a whiplash.
16. A blow, wound, or cut made by or as if by whipping.
17. something, such as a long radio antenna on a motor vehicle, that is similar to a whip in form or flexibility.
18. sports flexibility, as in the shaft of a golf club.
19. sports A whipper-in.
20. A member of a legislative body, such as the U.S. congress or the british parliament, charged by his or her party with enforcing party discipline and ensuring attendance.
21. A call issued to party members in a lawmaking body to ensure attendance at a particular time.
22. A dessert made of sugar and stiffly beaten egg whites or cream, often with fruit or fruit flavoring: prune whip.
23. an arm on a windmill.
24. nautical A hoist consisting of a single rope passing through an overhead pulley.
25. A ride in an amusement park, consisting of small cars that move in a rapid, whipping motion along an oval track.
26. whip in to keep together, as members of a political party or hounds in a pack.
27. whip up to arouse; excite: whipped up the mob; whip up enthusiasm.
28. whip up informal to prepare quickly: whip up a light lunch.
29. whip into shape informal to bring to a specified state or condition, vigorously and often forcefully.

1. A lash; a pliant, flexible instrument, such as a rod (commonly of cane or rattan) or a plaited or braided rope or thong (commonly of leather) used to create a sharp "crack" sound for directing or herding animals
2. A member of a political party who is in charge of enforcing the party's policies in votes.
3. whipped cream.
4. A purchase in which one block is used to gain a 2:1 mechanical advantage.
5. A mode of personal motorized transportation; an automobile, all makes and models including motorcycles, excluding public transportation.
6. A move in which one player transfers momentum to another.
7. to hit with a whip.
8. by extension, to hit with any flexible object.
9. to defeat.
10. to mix in a rapid aerating fashion, especially food.
11. to urge into action.
12. to bind the end of a rope with twine or other small stuff to prevent its unlaying: fraying or unravelling
13. to throw or kick an object at a high velocity.
14. to fish a body of water especially by making repeated casts.
15. to snap back and forth like a whip.
16. to move very fast.
17. (roller derby) to transfer momentum from one skater to another.

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.
2. A coachman; a driver of a carriage.
3.
4. one of the arms or frames of a windmill, on which the sails are spread.
5. the length of the arm reckoned from the shaft.
6.
7. A small tackle with a single rope, used to hoist light bodies.
8. the long pennant. see pennant (a)
9. A huntsman who whips in the hounds; whipper-in.
10.
11. 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.
12. 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.
13. A whipping motion; a thrashing about; ; also, the quality of being whiplike or flexible; flexibility; suppleness, as of the shaft of a golf club.
14. 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.
15. to move nimbly; to start or turn suddenly and do something; to whisk.
16. to strike with a lash, a cord, a rod, or anything slender and lithe; to lash; to beat.
17. to drive with lashes or strokes of a whip; to cause to rotate by lashing with a cord.
18. to punish with a whip, scourge, or rod; to flog; to beat.
19. to apply that which hurts keenly to; to lash, as with sarcasm, abuse, or the like; to apply cutting language to.
20. to thrash; to beat out, as grain, by striking.
21. to beat (eggs, cream, or the like) into a froth, as with a whisk, fork, or the like.
22. to conquer; to defeat, as in a contest or game; to beat; to surpass.
23. 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.
24. to sew lightly; specifically, to form (a fabric) into gathers by loosely overcasting the rolled edge and drawing up the thread.
25. to take or move by a sudden motion; to jerk; to snatch; -- with into, out, up, off, and the like.
26.
27. to hoist or purchase by means of a whip.
28. to secure the end of (a rope, or the like) from untwisting by overcasting it with small stuff.
29. to fish (a body of water) with a rod and artificial fly, the motion being that employed in using a whip.

1. to move suddenly and nimbly; start (in, out, away, etc.) with sudden quickness: as, to whip round the corner and disappear.
2. in angling, to cast the line or the fly by means of the rod with a motion like that of using a whip; make a cast.
3. to move, throw, put, pull, carry, or the like, with a sudden, quick motion; snatch: usually followed by some preposition or adverb, as away, from, in, into, off, on, out, up, etc.: as, to whip out a sword or a revolver.
4. to overlay, as a cord, rope, etc., with a cord, twine, or thread going round and round it; inwrap; seize; serve with twine, thread, or the like wound closely and tightly round and round: generally with about, around, over, etc.
5. to lay regularly on; serve in regular circles round and round.
6. to sew with an over and over stitch, as two pieces of cloth whose edges are laid or stitched together; overcast: as, to whip a seam.
7. to gather by a kind of combination running and overhand stitch: as, to whip a ruffle.
8. nautical, to hoist or purchase by means of a rope passed through a single pulley.
9. to strike with a whip or lash, or with anything tough and flexible; lash; use a whip upon: as, to whip a horse.
10. to punish with a whip, scourge, birch, or the like; flog: as, to whip a vagrant; to whip a perverse boy.
11. to outdo; overcome; beat: as, to whip creation.
12. to drive with lashes.
13. to lash, in a figurative sense; treat with cutting severity, as with sarcasm or abuse.
14. to cause to spin or rotate by lashing with a whip or scourge-stick: said of a top.
15. to thrash; beat out, as grain by striking: as, to whip wheat.
16. to beat into a froth, as eggs, cream, etc., with a whisk, fork, spoon, or other implement.
17. to fish upon with a fly or other bait; draw a fly or other bait along the surface of: as, to whip a stream.
18. to bring or keep together as a party whip does: as, to whip a party into line. see whip, n., 3 .
19. to go from house to house to work, as a tailor or other workman. compare whip-cat.
20. to get tipsy.
21. with a sudden change; at once; quick.
22. see the extract.
23. in pianoforte-making, the crosspiece at the top of an action-extension which bears and operates both the hammer-and the damper-action. also called jack-whip. see the cut under pianoforte.
24. A light line used in marine life-saving apparatus, run as an endless circuit from the shore around a sheave on the vessel and back to the shore. the breeches-buoy is operated by such a whip.
25. one who operates a whip-hoisting or whip-conveying line.
26. an instrument for flagellation, whether in driving animals or in punishing human beings; a scourge.
27. one who handles a whip, as in driving a coach or carriage; a driver: as, an expert whip.
28. A whipper-in.
29. in english parliamentary usage, a member who performs certain non-official but important duties in looking after the interests of his party, especially the securing of the attendance of as many members as possible at important divisions: as, the liberal whip; the conservative whip. see the quotation.
30. A call made upon the members of a party to be in their places at a certain time: as, both parties have issued a rigorous whip in. view of the expected division.
31. A contrivance for hoisting, consisting of a rope and pulley and usually a snatch-block, and worked by one or more horses which in hoisting walk a way from thething hoisted. in mining usually called whip-and-derry. see cut under cable-laid.
32. one of the radii or arms of a windmill, to which the sails are attached; also, the length of the arm reckoned from the shaft.
33. in angling, the leader of an angler's cast with its flies attached.
34. A vibrating spring used as an electric cir cuitcloser for testing capacity.
35. A slender rod or flexible pole used instead of stakes to mark the bounds of oyster-beds.
36. the common black swift, Cypselus apus.
37. A preparation of cream, eggs, etc., beaten to a froth.

1. a dessert made of sugar and stiffly beaten egg whites or cream and usually flavored with fruit
2. strike as if by whipping
3. beat severely with a whip or rod
4. an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping
5. subject to harsh criticism
6. whip with or as if with a wire whisk
7. (golf) the flexibility of the shaft of a golf club
8. defeat thoroughly
9. a legislator appointed by the party to enforce discipline
10. a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
11. thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash