whip
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English whippen, wippen (“to flap violently”), from Middle Dutch wippen (“to swing, leap, dance, oscillate”) and Middle Low German wippen (“to move quickly”), from Proto-Germanic *wipjaną (“to move back and forth”). Some similarity to Sanskrit root वेप् (vep, “shake, flourish”), Latin vibrō (“I shake”). (See Swedish vippa and Danish vippe (“to shake”)).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
whip (plural whips)
- A lash; a pliant, flexible instrument, such as a rod (commonly of cane or rattan) or a plaited or braided rope or thong (commonly of leather) used to create a sharp "crack" sound for directing or herding animals.
- I had to use the whip to get the sheep's attention.
- The same instrument used to strike a person or animal for corporal punishment or torture.
- Once he ran out of appeals, he knew he would soon feel the sting of the whip.
- A blow administered with a whip.
- 1832, The Atheneum (volume 31, page 493)
- I had hardly said the word, when Kit jumped into the saddle, and gave his horse a whip and a spur — and off it cantered, as if it were in as great a hurry to be married as Kit himself.
- 1832, The Atheneum (volume 31, page 493)
- (hunting) A whipper-in.
- 1928, Siegfried Sassoon, Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, Penguin 2013, p. 27:
- From the far side of the wood came the long shrill screech […] which signifies that one of the whips has viewed the fox quitting the covert.
- 1928, Siegfried Sassoon, Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, Penguin 2013, p. 27:
- (politics) A member of a political party who is in charge of enforcing the party's policies in votes.
- I was going to vote against the bill, but the party whip came to see me and made it clear I needed to vote for it.
- (UK politics, with definite article) A document distributed weekly to MPs by party whips informing them of upcoming votes in parliament.
- Whipped cream.
- Did you want to add some whip to your coffee, ma'am?
- (nautical) A purchase in which one block is used to gain a 2:1 mechanical advantage.
- (African-American Vernacular, MTE) A mode of personal motorized transportation; an automobile, all makes and models including motorcycles, excluding public transportation.
- 2017, Stormzy, Return of the Rucksack
- Big whip I'm underground parking
- Come on, let's take my whip so we can get there in time.
- 2017, Stormzy, Return of the Rucksack
- (roller derby) A move in which one player transfers momentum to another.
- Hyponym: hip whip
- A whipping motion; a thrashing about.
- I was startled by the whip of the rope when it finally snapped.
- The quality of being whiplike or flexible; suppleness, as of the shaft of a golf club.
- Any of various pieces that operate with a quick vibratory motion
- (historical) A coach driver; a coachman.
Synonyms[edit]
- (last for directing animals): crop (especially for horses), dressage whip (especially for horses), driving whip (especially for horses), jumping bat (especially for horses), flail, knout, lash, quirt, scourge, sjambok (South African), thong
- (lash for corporal punishment): cat, cat-o'-nine-tails (nautical), flail, knout, lash, quirt, scourge, sjambok (South African), thong
- (political party enforcer): party whip
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Translations[edit]
rod or rope
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party policy enforcer
whipped cream — see whipped cream
Verb[edit]
whip (third-person singular simple present whips, present participle whipping, simple past and past participle whipped)
- (transitive) To hit with a whip.
- The rider whipped the horse.
- (transitive, by extension) To hit with any flexible object.
- I whipped her with a newspaper.
- (transitive, slang) To defeat, as in a contest or game.
- 2008, Edward Keating, The Joy of Ex: A Novel:
- She whips me in the first game of pool, I do not even get a shot. Eight-balled from the break.
- (transitive) To mix in a rapid aerating fashion, especially food.
- to whip eggs or cream
- (transitive) To urge into action or obedience.
- He whipped the department into shape.
- (transitive, politics) To enforce a member voting in accordance with party policy.
- (transitive, nautical) To bind the end of a rope with twine or other small stuff to prevent its unlaying: fraying or unravelling.
- 1677-1683, Joseph Moxon, Mechanick exercises
- Its string […] is firmly whipt about with small Gut
- 1677-1683, Joseph Moxon, Mechanick exercises
- (transitive, nautical) To hoist or purchase by means of a whip.
- To sew lightly; specifically, to form (a fabric) into gathers by loosely overcasting the rolled edge and drawing up the thread.
- to whip a ruffle
- [1716], [John] Gay, “(please specify the page number(s))”, in Trivia: Or, The Art of Walking the Streets of London, London: Printed for Bernard Lintott, […], OCLC 13598122:
- In half-whipped muslin needles useless lie.
- (transitive) To throw or kick an object at a high velocity.
- He whipped the ball at me.
- 2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC[1]:
- Composed play then saw Sam Ricketts nutmeg Ashley Cole before Taylor whipped a fine curling effort over Petr Cech's bar.
- (transitive, intransitive) To fish a body of water especially by making repeated casts.
- 1858, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Adirondac
- whipping its rough surface for a trout
- 1858, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Adirondac
- (intransitive) To snap back and forth like a whip.
- The pennants whipped in the wind.
- (intransitive) To move very fast.
- The wind whipped through the valley.
- 1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], OCLC 228727523:
- Two Friends, Travelling, met a Bear upon the way; the one Whips up a Tree, and the Other Throws himself Flat upon the Ground.
- 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde
- He looked up when I came in, gave a kind of cry, and whipped upstairs into the cabinet. It was but for one minute that I saw him, but the hair stood upon my head like quills.
- (transitive) To move (something) very fast; often with up, out, etc.
- 1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], OCLC 228727523:
- She, […] in a hurry, whips up her Darling under her Arm.
- 1742, Horace Walpole, letter to Sir Horace Mann
- He whips out his pocketbook every moment, and writes descriptions of everything he sees.
- (transitive, roller derby) To transfer momentum from one skater to another.
- (figuratively) To lash with sarcasm, abuse, etc.
- c. 1597, William Shakespeare, “The Merry VViues of VVindsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act IV, scene v]:
- They would whip me with their fine wits.
- To thrash; to beat out, as grain, by striking.
- to whip wheat
Synonyms[edit]
- (to hit with a whip): Thesaurus:whip
- (to move very fast): flail
- thrash
- thresh
Derived terms[edit]
Terms derived from whip (verb)
Translations[edit]
to hit with a whip
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by extension, to hit with any flexible object
to defeat
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to mix food in a rapid aerating fashion
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to urge into action
nautical: to bind the end of a rope with twine
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to snap back and forth like a whip
to move very fast
- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.
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References[edit]
- Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson: 1828. A dictionary of the English language 2nd edition. Publisher: William Pickering, 1828. 831 pages. Page 818. Google Public Domain Books : [2]
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