[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
   1913 webster
   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.
      1913 webster

   2. to drive with lashes or strokes of a whip; to cause to
      rotate by lashing with a cord; as, to whip a top.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

            who, for false quantities, was whipped at school.
                                                  --dryden.
      1913 webster

   4. to apply that which hurts keenly to; to lash, as with
      sarcasm, abuse, or the like; to apply cutting language to.
      1913 webster

            they would whip me with their fine wits. --shak.
      1913 webster

   5. to thrash; to beat out, as grain, by striking; as, to whip
      wheat.
      1913 webster

   6. to beat eggs, cream, or the like into a froth, as with a
      whisk, fork, or the like.
      1913 webster

   7. to conquer; to defeat, as in a contest or game; to beat;
      to surpass. slang, u. s.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

            its string is firmly whipped about with small gut.
                                                  --moxon.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

            in half-whipped muslin needles useless lie. --gay.
      1913 webster

   10. to take or move by a sudden motion; to jerk; to snatch;
       -- with into, out, up, off, and the like.
       1913 webster

             she, in a hurry, whips up her darling under her
             arm.                                 --l'estrange.
       1913 webster

             he whips out his pocketbook every moment, and
             writes descriptions of everything he sees.
                                                  --walpole.
       1913 webster

   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.
           1913 webster

   12. to fish a body of water with a rod and artificial fly,
       the motion being that employed in using a whip.
       1913 webster

             whipping their rough surface for a trout.
                                                  --emerson.
       1913 webster

   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.
           1913 webster
           1913 webster
see also:
whipped whipping vibrate to whip in to whip the cat 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

whip \whip\, v. i.
   to move nimbly; to start or turn suddenly and do something;
   to whisk; as, he whipped around the corner.
   1913 webster

         with speed from thence he whipped.       --sackville.
   1913 webster

         two friends, traveling, met a bear upon the way; the
         one whips up a tree, and the other throws himself flat
         upon the ground.                         --l'estrange.
   1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

whip \whip\, n. oe. whippe. see whip, v. t.
   1913 webster
   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. "a whip's lash." --chaucer.
      1913 webster

            in his right hand he holds a whip, with which he is
            supposed to drive the horses of the sun. --addison.
      1913 webster

   2. a coachman; a driver of a carriage; as, a good whip.
      --beaconsfield.
      1913 webster

   3. mach.
      a one of the arms or frames of a windmill, on which the
          sails are spread.
      b the length of the arm reckoned from the shaft.
          1913 webster

   4. naut.
      a a small tackle with a single rope, used to hoist light
          bodies.
      b the long pennant. see pennant
      a
          1913 webster

   5. a huntsman who whips in the hounds; whipper-in.
      1913 webster

   6. eng. politics
      a 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.
      b 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.
          1913 webster

   7. a whipping motion; a thrashing about; as, the whip of a
      tense rope or wire which has suddenly parted; also, the
      quality of being whiplike or flexible; flexibility;
      suppleness, as of the shaft of a golf club.
      webster 1913 suppl.

   8. mech. 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.
      webster 1913 suppl.

   whip and spur, with the utmost haste.

   whip crane, or whip purchase, a simple form of crane
      having a small drum from which the load is suspended,
      turned by pulling on a rope wound around larger drum on
      the same axle.

   whip gin. see gin block, under 5th gin.

   whip grafting. see under grafting.

   whip hand, the hand with which the whip is used; hence,
      advantage; mastery; as, to have or get the whip hand of a
      person. --dryden.

   whip ray zool., the european eagle ray. see under ray.
      

   whip roll weaving, a roll or bar, behind the reeds in a
      loom, on which the warp threads rest.

   whip scorpion zool., any one of numerous species of
      arachnids belonging to thelyphonus and allied genera.
      they somewhat resemble true scorpions, but have a long,
      slender bristle, or lashlike organ, at the end of the
      body, instead of a sting.

   whip snake zool., any one of various species of slender
      snakes. specifically:
      a a bright green south american tree snake philodryas
          viridissimus having a long and slender body. it is
          not venomous. called also emerald whip snake.
      b the coachwhip snake.
          1913 webster
see also:
whip pennant whip and spur whip crane whip purchase whip gin 
gin block gin whip grafting grafting whip hand 
whip ray ray whip roll whip scorpion thelyphonus 
whip snake philodryas viridissimus emerald whip snake 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

whip
     n 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
        syn: party whip
     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 with a whip syn: lash, whiplash
     v 1: beat severely with a whip or rod; "the teacher often flogged
          the students"; "the children were severely trounced"
          syn: flog, welt, lather, lash, slash, strap,
           trounce
     2: defeat thoroughly; "he mopped up the floor with his
        opponents" syn: worst, pip, mop up, rack up
     3: thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash; "the tall
        grass whipped in the wind"
     4: strike as if by whipping; "the curtain whipped her face"
        syn: lash
     5: whip with or as if with a wire whisk; "whisk the eggs" syn:
         whisk
     6: subject to harsh criticism; "the senator blistered the
        administration in his speech on friday"; "the professor
        scaled the students"; "your invectives scorched the
        community" syn: blister, scald
     also: whipping, whipped
see also:
party whip lash whiplash flog welt lather 
slash strap trounce worst pip 
mop up rack up whisk blister scald 
whipping whipped 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

303 moby thesaurus words for "whip":
   ferris wheel, jehu, mp, member of congress, member of parliament,
   accelerate, aerate, agitate, alderman, assemblyman, avert, bang,
   baste, bastinado, batter, beat, beat all hollow, beat hollow,
   beat up, belabor, belt, best, birch, blast, bludgeon, bowl down,
   box, buffet, bullwhacker, bundle, bustle, cabby, cabdriver, cabman,
   cage, cameleer, cane, carousel, carter, cartman, charioteer,
   chosen freeholder, churn, churn up, chute-the-chutes, chutes,
   city father, clabber, clobber, clot, club, coachman, coachy,
   coagulate, cocher, cochero, colloid, colloidize, congressman,
   congresswoman, conquer, convulse, cool, corral, councilman,
   cowhide, cream, crowd, cudgel, cuff, curdle, curry, cut, defeat,
   deflect, destroy, disarrange, discompose, dispatch, disquiet,
   disturb, divert, do in, drayman, drive, drive on, driver, drove,
   drub, dust, elephant driver, emulsify, emulsionize, excite,
   expedite, ferment, fix, flagellate, flail, flap, flog,
   floor leader, flurry, flying horses, foam, forward, fret, froth,
   fustigate, gad, gadfly, gharry-wallah, give a whipping,
   give the stick, goad, hack, hackman, hacky, hammer, harness racer,
   haste, hasten, hasten on, herd, hide, hie on, hors de combat,
   horsewhip, hurry, hurry along, hurry on, hurry up, hustle,
   hustle up, incrassate, inspissate, jell, jellify, jelly, knock,
   knout, lace, lambaste, larrup, lash, lather, lawgiver, lawmaker,
   lay on, legislator, lick, lopper, mahout, majority leader, mantle,
   maul, merry-go-round, minority leader, mop up, mule skinner,
   muleteer, needle, nudge, outclass, outdo, outfight, outgeneral,
   outmaneuver, outpoint, outrun, outsail, outshine, overcome,
   overrun, overwhelm, oxgoad, paddle, party whip, paste, patter,
   pelt, perturb, perturbate, pistol-whip, pivot, poke, pommel, pound,
   precipitate, press, prick, prod, pulverize, pummel, punch cattle,
   push, push on, push through, put, quicken, quirt, railroad through,
   rap, rawhide, reinsman, representative, ride herd on, rile, ripple,
   roil, roller coaster, roughen, round up, roundabout, rout, rowel,
   ruffle, ruin, rumple, rush, rush along, scourge, scum, seesaw,
   senator, settle, shake, shake up, sheer, shellac, shepherd, skin,
   skin alive, skinner, skunk, slap, sledgehammer, smack, smear,
   smite, smother, solon, spank, speed, speed along, speed up, spume,
   spur, stage coachman, stampede, state senator, steamroller, sting,
   stir, stir up, strap, stripe, subdue, sud, suds, swing, swinge,
   swirl, switch, teamster, teeter-totter, thicken, thrash, thresh,
   thump, trim, triumph over, trouble, trounce, truckman, truncheon,
   undo, upend, upset, urge, vanquish, veer, vetturino, voiturier,
   volte-face, wagoner, wagonman, wallop, wear out, whale, wheel,
   whip along, whip up, whiplash, whirl, whirligig, whisk, whomp,
   whop, work up, worst, wrangle, yerk

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