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whip   (TTS Sound)

The noun whip has 5 senses

• whip -- (an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping)


• whip, party whip -- (a legislator appointed by the party to enforce discipline)


• whip -- (a dessert made of sugar and stiffly beaten egg whites or cream and usually flavored with fruit)


• whip -- ((golf) the flexibility of the shaft of a golf club)


• whip, lash, whiplash -- (a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object; "the whip raised a red welt")

The verb whip has 6 senses

• flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce -- (beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced")


• worst, pip, mop up, whip, rack up -- (defeat thoroughly; "He mopped up the floor with his opponents")


• whip -- (thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash; "The tall grass whipped in the wind")


• whip, lash -- (strike as if by whipping; "The curtain whipped her face")


• whisk, whip -- (whip with or as if with a wire whisk; "whisk the eggs")


• blister, scald, whip -- (subject to harsh criticism; "The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday"; "the professor scaled the students"; "your invectives scorched the community")