whippet
Appearance
English
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Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Probably from whip (“to move quickly”) + -et.
Noun
[edit]whippet (plural whippets)
Translations
[edit]a dog of a certain breed, similar to a small greyhound, originating in Britain and bred for racing
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Etymology 2
[edit]From whipped cream, since "whippits" are typically sold in the United States for use in making whipped cream.
Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]whippet (plural whippets)
- (slang) A cartridge of nitrous oxide (laughing gas), used as a recreational inhalant drug.
- Synonym: nang
- 2004, Sandra P. Riggin, Forbidden Memories: A Journey of Healing, →ISBN:
- I was smoking hash from under glasses, sniffing glue, doing whippets, popping speed, smoking pot, dropping acid, and occasionally shooting dope.
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]whippet
- whippet (breed of dog)
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of whippet (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | whippet | whippetit | |
| genitive | whippetin | whippetien | |
| partitive | whippetiä | whippetejä | |
| illative | whippetiin | whippeteihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | whippet | whippetit | |
| accusative | nom. | whippet | whippetit |
| gen. | whippetin | ||
| genitive | whippetin | whippetien | |
| partitive | whippetiä | whippetejä | |
| inessive | whippetissä | whippeteissä | |
| elative | whippetistä | whippeteistä | |
| illative | whippetiin | whippeteihin | |
| adessive | whippetillä | whippeteillä | |
| ablative | whippetiltä | whippeteiltä | |
| allative | whippetille | whippeteille | |
| essive | whippetinä | whippeteinä | |
| translative | whippetiksi | whippeteiksi | |
| abessive | whippetittä | whippeteittä | |
| instructive | — | whippetein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Categories:
- Rhymes:English/ɪpɪt
- Rhymes:English/ɪpɪt/2 syllables
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- English terms suffixed with -et
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English slang
- English terms with quotations
- en:Dogs
- en:Recreational drugs
- en:Sighthounds
- Finnish terms borrowed from English
- Finnish terms derived from English
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ipːet
- Rhymes:Finnish/ipːet/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish terms spelled with W
- Finnish risti-type nominals
- fi:Dogs
