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whip


verb (used with object), whipped or whipt, whip·ping.

  1. to beat with a strap, lash, rod, or the like, especially by way of punishment or chastisement; flog; thrash: Criminals used to be whipped for minor offenses.
  2. to strike with quick, repeated strokes of something slender and flexible; lash: He impatiently whipped his leg with his riding crop.
  3. to urge or force on with, or as with, a lash, rod, etc.
  4. to lash or castigate with words.
  5. to train or organize forcefully: to whip the team into shape.
  6. Informal. to defeat or overcome: to whip the opposition; to whip a bad habit.
  7. to hoist or haul by means of a whip.
  8. to move quickly and suddenly; pull, jerk, seize, or the like, with a sudden movement (often followed by out, in, into, etc.): He whipped his gun out of its holster.
  9. to fish (a stream, lake, etc.) with rod and line, especially by making repeated casts: I whipped the stream all day and caught nothing.
  10. to beat (eggs, cream, etc.) to a froth with an eggbeater, whisk, fork, or other implement in order to mix in air and cause expansion.
  11. to overlay or cover (cord, rope, etc.) with cord, thread, or the like wound about it: to whip the end of a hawser.
  12. to wind (cord, twine, thread, etc.) about something: The tailor whipped the seams with heavy thread.
  13. to sew with a light overcasting stitch.
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