[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

whipping \whip"ping\,
   a  n. from whip, v.
   1913 webster

   whipping post, a post to which offenders are tied, to be
      legally whipped.
      1913 webster
see also:
whip whipping post 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

whipping
     see whip
see also:
whip 

[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] : WordNet (r) 2.0

whipping
     adj : smart and fashionable; "snappy conversation"; "some sharp
           and whipping lines" syn: snappy
     n 1: beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
          syn: tanning, flogging, lashing, flagellation
     2: a sound defeat syn: thrashing, walloping, debacle, drubbing,
         slaughter, trouncing
     3: a stitch passing over an edge diagonally syn: whipstitch,
         whipstitching
     4: the act of overcoming or outdoing syn: beating
see also:
snappy tanning flogging lashing flagellation thrashing 
walloping debacle drubbing slaughter trouncing 
whipstitch whipstitching beating 

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

70 moby thesaurus words for "whipping":
   waterloo, bastinado, basting, battery, beating, belting, buffeting,
   caning, clubbing, collapse, conquering, conquest,
   corporal punishment, cowhiding, crash, cudgeling, deathblow,
   debacle, defeat, destruction, downfall, drubbing, failure, fall,
   flagellation, flailing, flogging, fustigation, gear, hiding,
   horsewhipping, lacing, lambasting, lashing, lathering, licking,
   mastery, overcoming, overthrow, overturn, pistol-whipping, quietus,
   rawhiding, rig, rigging, ropework, roping, ruin, running rigging,
   scourging, service, serving, smash, spanking, standing rigging,
   strapping, stripes, subdual, subduing, subjugation, swingeing,
   switching, tackle, tackling, thrashing, trimming, trouncing,
   truncheoning, undoing, vanquishment

[7] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

whipping, punishment. the infliction of stripes. 
     2. this mode of punishment, which is still practiced in some of the 
states, is a relict of barbarism; it has yielded in most of the middle and 
northern states to the penitentiary system. 
     3. the punishment of whipping, so far as the same was provided by the 
laws of the united states, was abolished by the act of congress of february 
28, 1839, s. 5. vide 1 chit. cr. law, 796; dane's ab. index, h.t. 

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