whip
noun
1. an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping
Definition categories: man–made, instrument
2. a legislator appointed by the party to enforce discipline
Definition categories: person, legislator
3. a dessert made of sugar and stiffly beaten egg whites or cream and usually flavored with fruit
Definition categories: food, afters, dessert, sweet
4. (golf) the flexibility of the shaft of a golf club
Definition categories: attribute, flexibility, flexibleness
5. a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
- the whip raised a red welt
Similar word(s): lash, whiplash
Definition categories: act, blow
Sentences with whip as a noun:
- the whip of a tense rope or wire which has suddenly snapped
verb
1. beat severely with a whip or rod
Similar word(s): flog, lash, lather, slash, strap, trounce, welt
Definition categories: contact, beat
2. defeat thoroughly
Definition categories: competition, beat, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
3. thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash
- The tall grass whipped in the wind
Definition categories: motion, convulse, jactitate, slash, thrash, thresh, toss
4. strike as if by whipping
- The curtain whipped her face
Similar word(s): lash
Definition categories: contact, strike
5. whip with or as if with a wire whisk
Similar word(s): whisk
Definition categories: contact, beat, scramble
6. subject to harsh criticism
Similar word(s): blister, scald
Definition categories: communication, assail, assault, attack, round, snipe
Sentences with whip as a verb:
- The rider whipped the horse.
- I whipped her with a newspaper.
- to whip eggs or cream
- He whipped the department into shape.
- to whip a ruffle
- to whip wheat