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.
To drive with lashes or strokes of a whip; to
cause to rotate by lashing with a cord; as, to whip a top.
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.
To apply that which hurts keenly to; to lash, as
with sarcasm, abuse, or the like; to apply cutting language to.
To thrash; to beat out, as grain, by striking;
as, to whip wheat.
To beat (eggs, cream, or the like) into a froth,
as with a whisk, fork, or the like.
To conquer; to defeat, as in a contest or game;
to beat; to surpass.
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.
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.
To take or move by a sudden motion; to jerk; to
snatch; -- with into, out, up, off, and the
like.
To hoist or
purchase by means of a whip.
To fish (a body of water) with a rod and
artificial fly, the motion being that employed in using a whip.
To move nimbly; to start
or turn suddenly and do something; to whisk; as, he whipped around
the corner.
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 coachman; a driver of a carriage; as, a good
whip.
One of the
arms or frames of a windmill, on which the sails are spread.
A small
tackle with a single rope, used to hoist light bodies.
A huntsman who whips in the hounds; whipper-
in.
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.
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.
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.
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