whip \whip\, v. t. 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.
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   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.
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   2. to drive with lashes or strokes of a whip; to cause to
      rotate by lashing with a cord; as, to whip a top.
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   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.
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            who, for false quantities, was whipped at school.
                                                  --dryden.
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   4. to apply that which hurts keenly to; to lash, as with
      sarcasm, abuse, or the like; to apply cutting language to.
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            they would whip me with their fine wits. --shak.
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   5. to thrash; to beat out, as grain, by striking; as, to whip
      wheat.
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   6. to beat eggs, cream, or the like into a froth, as with a
      whisk, fork, or the like.
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   7. to conquer; to defeat, as in a contest or game; to beat;
      to surpass. slang, u. s.
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   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.
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            its string is firmly whipped about with small gut.
                                                  --moxon.
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   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.
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            in half-whipped muslin needles useless lie. --gay.
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   10. to take or move by a sudden motion; to jerk; to snatch;
       -- with into, out, up, off, and the like.
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             she, in a hurry, whips up her darling under her
             arm.                                 --l'estrange.
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             he whips out his pocketbook every moment, and
             writes descriptions of everything he sees.
                                                  --walpole.
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   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.
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   12. to fish a body of water with a rod and artificial fly,
       the motion being that employed in using a whip.
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             whipping their rough surface for a trout.
                                                  --emerson.
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   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.
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see also:
whipped whipping vibrate to whip in to whip the cat