whip
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: entertainment
government
hobbies
hunting
lifestyle
music
nautical
politics
transport
Etymology: 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 *wippōną (“to move back and forth”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyp- (“to shake; to swing”). (See Swedish vippa and Danish vippe (“to shake”)).
The unetymological wh- is probably expressive of the sound of a whip; compare the same development in whisk and onomatopoeias such as whack and whoosh.
The political senses are from whipper-in (“huntsman who keeps the hounds from wandering”), from 18th-century hunting terminology.
Inflected forms:
form: whips
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: whips
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: whipping
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: whipped
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: whipped
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
examples: I had to use the whip to get the sheep's attention.
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
examples: Once he ran out of appeals, he knew he would soon feel the sting of the whip.
gloss: A blow administered with a whip.
pos: noun
examples: 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.
gloss: A whipper-in.
pos: noun
examples: At half-past ten, Tom Moody, Sir Huddlestone Fuddlestone's huntsman, was seen trotting up the avenue, followed by the noble pack of hounds in a compact body—the rear being brought up by the two whips clad in stained scarlet frocks—light hard-featured lads on well-bred lean horses, possessing marvellous dexterity in casting the points of their long heavy whips at the thinnest part of any dog's skin who dares to straggle from the main body […]
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.
gloss: A member of a political party who is in charge of enforcing the party's policies in votes.
pos: noun
examples: 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.
The Conservative deputy chief whip has resigned after admitting he had “embarrassed myself and other people” following reports that he drunkenly groped two men at a private club.
Chris Pincher wrote to Boris Johnson saying he was standing down after drinking too much. However, he did not address the allegations that he was reported to the whips by Conservative MPs who had witnessed his behaviour towards two men at the Carlton Club in Piccadilly.
Therefore, welcome new Secretary of State for Transport Mark Harper, a man about whom even my esteemed political journalist friends know little - apart from the fact he was once Chief Whip, a job that requires knowing about every Tory MP's misdemeanours.
gloss: A document distributed weekly to MPs by party whips informing them of upcoming votes in parliament.
pos: noun
tags: UK
with-definite-article
gloss: The regular status of an MP within a parliamentary party, which can be revoked by the party as a disciplinary measure.
pos: noun
tags: UK
broadly
examples: to withdraw the whip
As a result, he was stripped of the whip on Tuesday, preventing him from voting in the fourth ballot to narrow down candidates to be the next party leader.
In the letter, Hancock said he had spoken to the Conservatives’ chief whip, Simon Hart, last week, and been told the whip would be restored in time, “but that is now not necessary” – meaning he will sit as an independent until the next election.
gloss: Whipped cream.
pos: noun
examples: Did you want to add some whip to your coffee, ma'am?
gloss: A purchase in which one block is used to gain a 2:1 mechanical advantage.
pos: noun
gloss: A mode of personal motorized transportation; an automobile, all makes and models including motorcycles, excluding public transportation.
pos: noun
examples: Come on, let's take my whip so we can get there in time.
Had four bills and I bought me a car / Little red whip that I bought for my marge
Big whip I'm underground parking
I wanna get a whip and crash it into white-owned businesses
gloss: A move in which one player transfers momentum to another.
pos: noun
gloss: A whipping motion; a thrashing about.
pos: noun
examples: I was startled by the whip of the rope when it finally snapped.
gloss: The quality of being whiplike or flexible; suppleness, as of the shaft of a golf club.
pos: noun
gloss: Any of various pieces that operate with a quick vibratory motion
pos: noun
gloss: Any of various pieces that operate with a quick vibratory motion
pos: noun
gloss: A coach driver; a coachman.
pos: noun
tags: historical
examples: Lord Carington […] led the way with his chestnuts, having a distinguished brother whip, Lord Londesborough, by his side.
gloss: To hit with a whip.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The rider whipped the horse.
gloss: To hit with any flexible object.
pos: verb
tags: broadly
transitive
examples: I whipped her with a newspaper.
gloss: To defeat, as in a contest or game.
pos: verb
tags: slang
transitive
examples: She whips me in the first game of pool, I do not even get a shot. Eight-balled from the break.
gloss: To mix in a rapid aerating fashion, especially food.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: to whip eggs or cream
gloss: To urge into action or obedience.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: He whipped the department into shape.
gloss: To enforce a member voting in accordance with party policy.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To bind the end of a rope with twine or other small stuff to prevent its unlaying: fraying or unravelling.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: 1677-1683, Joseph Moxon, Mechanick exercises
Its string […] is firmly whipt about with small Gut
gloss: To hoist or purchase by means of a whip.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To sew lightly; specifically, to form (a fabric) into gathers by loosely overcasting the rolled edge and drawing up the thread.
pos: verb
examples: to whip a ruffle
In half-whipped muslin needles useless lie.
gloss: To throw or kick an object at a high velocity.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: He whipped the ball at me.
Composed play then saw Sam Ricketts nutmeg Ashley Cole before Taylor whipped a fine curling effort over Petr Cech's bar.
gloss: To fish a body of water especially by making repeated casts.
pos: verb
tags: ambitransitive
examples: whipping its rough surface for a trout
gloss: To snap back and forth like a whip.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The pennants whipped in the wind.
gloss: To move very fast.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The wind whipped through the valley.
Two Friends, Travelling, met a Bear upon the way; the one Whips up a Tree, and the Other Throws himself Flat upon the Ground.
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.
gloss: To move (something) very fast; often with up, out, etc.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: She,[…] in a hurry, whips up her Darling under her Arm.
He whips out his pocketbook every moment, and writes descriptions of everything he sees.
gloss: To transfer momentum from one skater to another.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To lash with sarcasm, abuse, etc.
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
examples: They would whip me with their fine wits.
gloss: To thrash; to beat out, as grain, by striking.
pos: verb
examples: to whip wheat
Synonyms: crop
dressage whip
driving whip
jumping bat
flail
knout
lash
quirt
scourge
sjambok
thong
thrash
thresh
belt
birch
cut
feague
flagellate
flog
lather
scutch
slash
strap
stripe
whip
whoop
yark
Related words: whip snake
ghost ride the whip
Derived words: bullock-whip
bullwhip
chain whip
coachwhip
crack the whip
crack-the-whip
double-line whip
Eastwood's whip lizard
fair crack of the whipdogwhip
horsewhip
hose-whip
hunting whip
Irish whip
knight of the whip
laser whip
misery whip
one-line whip
pencil whip
penny whip
riding whip
sea whip coral
sea whip
sea-whip
sennet whip
signal whip
single-line whip
smart as a whip
snakewhip
snap-the-whip
stockwhip
three-line whip
two-line whip
weed whip
whip and spur
whip appeal
whip coral
whipcracking
whip cream
whip gin
whip graft
whip grafting
whip hand
whip kick
whiplash
whip pan
whip scorpion
whip-smart
whip spider
whip stitch
whip-tom-kelly
whip top
whip zoom
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: roer
lang: Afrikaans
word: sweep
lang: Albanian
word: vregën
lang: Albanian
word: kamxhik
lang: Arabic
word: سَوْط
roman: sawṭ
lang: Arabic
word: كِرْبَاج
roman: kirbāj
lang: Arabic
word: كُرْبَاج
roman: kurbāj
lang: Arabic
word: كرباج
roman: kurbāg
lang: Arabic
word: مشحاطة
roman: mšḥāṭa
lang: Armenian
word: մտրակ
roman: mtrak
lang: Asturian
word: zurdiella
lang: Asturian
word: zurdiellu
lang: Asturian
word: zurriaga
lang: Azerbaijani
word: çubuq
lang: Azerbaijani
word: qamçı
lang: Azerbaijani
word: qırmac
lang: Azerbaijani
word: şallaq
lang: Bashkir
word: сыбыртҡы
roman: sıbırtqı
lang: Bashkir
word: ҡамсы
roman: qamsı
lang: Belarusian
word: пу́га
roman: púha
lang: Belarusian
word: бізу́н
roman: bizún
lang: Belarusian
word: плётка
roman: pljótka
lang: Belarusian
word: біч
roman: bič
lang: Belarusian
word: нага́йка
roman: nahájka
lang: Belarusian
word: дубе́ц
roman: dubjéc
lang: Belarusian
word: хлыст
roman: xlyst
lang: Belarusian
word: бато́г
roman: batóh
lang: Bengali
word: বেত
roman: bet
lang: Bulgarian
word: бич
roman: bič
lang: Bulgarian
word: камши́к
roman: kamšík
lang: Bulgarian
word: нага́йка
roman: nagájka
lang: Burmese
word: ကျာပွတ်
roman: kya-pwat
lang: Catalan
word: fuet
lang: Catalan
word: flagell
lang: Cebuano
word: latigo
lang: Chamicuro
word: ashpijka'chachi
lang: Chechen
word: шадд
roman: šadd
lang: Chickasaw
word: ishfama'
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 鞭
roman: bin¹
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 鞭子
roman: biānzi
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 鞭
roman: biān
lang: Cornish
word: hwypp
lang: Czech
word: bič
lang: Danish
word: pisk
lang: Dutch
word: zweep
lang: Esperanto
word: vipo
lang: Estonian
word: piits
lang: Faroese
word: píska
lang: Finnish
word: ruoska
lang: Finnish
word: piiska
lang: French
word: fouet
lang: West-Frisian
word: swipe
lang: Galician
word: látego
lang: Galician
word: tralla
lang: Galician
word: zurriago
lang: Galician
word: zorrega
lang: Galician
word: azorrague
lang: Galician
word: vergallo
lang: Galician
word: verdasco
lang: Galician
word: rebenque
lang: Galician
word: azoute
lang: Georgian
word: შოლტი
roman: šolṭi
lang: German
word: Peitsche
lang: German
word: Knute
lang: German
word: Zagel
lang: Greek
word: μαστίγιο
roman: mastígio
lang: Ancient Greek
word: μάστιξ
roman: mástix
lang: Gujarati
word: ચાબુક
roman: cābuk
lang: Hebrew
word: שׁוֹט
roman: shot
lang: Hindi
word: कोड़ा
roman: koṛā
lang: Hindi
word: चाबुक
roman: cābuk
lang: Hindi
word: हंटर
roman: haṇṭar
lang: Hindi
word: ताज़ियाना
roman: tāziyānā
lang: Hindi
word: साँटा
roman: sā̃ṭā
lang: Hindi
word: साँटी
roman: sā̃ṭī
lang: Hindi
word: क़मची
roman: qamcī
lang: Hindi
word: कशा
roman: kaśā
lang: Hindi
word: दुर्रा
roman: durrā
lang: Hungarian
word: felhúzókötél
lang: Hungarian
word: ostor
lang: Hungarian
word: korbács
lang: Icelandic
word: svipa
lang: Ilocano
word: baot
lang: Indonesian
word: cambuk
lang: Ingrian
word: rooska
lang: Ingrian
word: kassikkain
lang: Inuktitut
word: ᐃᐱᕋᐅᑕᖅ
roman: ipiraotaq
lang: Irish
word: fuip
lang: Italian
word: frusta
lang: Italian
word: nerbo
lang: Italian
word: sferza
lang: Japanese
word: 鞭
roman: muchi
lang: Kalmyk
word: шилвр
roman: şilvr
lang: Karakalpak
word: kamshı
lang: Karakalpak
word: shıbırtqı
lang: Kazakh
word: қамшы
roman: qamşy
lang: Kazakh
word: шыбыртқы
roman: şybyrtqy
lang: Khakas
word: сымыртхы
roman: sımırtxı
lang: Khakas
word: хамӌы
roman: xamcı
lang: Khmer
word: រំពាត់
roman: rumpŏət
lang: Khmer
word: ត្មោង
roman: tmaong
lang: Korean
word: 채찍
roman: chaejjik
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: qamçî
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: şelaq
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: taziyane
lang: Kyrgyz
word: камчы
roman: kamcı
lang: Kyrgyz
word: чыбырткы
roman: cıbırtkı
lang: Lao
word: ແສ້
roman: sǣ
lang: Latin
word: flagrum
lang: Latin
word: lōrum
lang: Latin
word: scutica
lang: Latin
word: verber
lang: Latin
word: flagellum
lang: Latvian
word: pātaga
lang: Lingala
word: fímbo
lang: Lithuanian
word: botagas
lang: Low German
word: Pietsch
lang: Low German
word: Sweep
lang: Low German
word: Swääp
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Baatsch
lang: Macedonian
word: бич
roman: bič
lang: Macedonian
word: камшик
roman: kamšik
lang: Malay
word: cambok
lang: Malay
word: cemeti
lang: Malayalam
word: ചാട്ട
roman: cāṭṭa
lang: Manchu
word: ᡧᡠᠰᡳᡥᠠ
roman: šusiha
lang: Northern Mansi
word: хо̄мси
roman: hōmsi
lang: Māori
word: wepu
lang: Marathi
word: कोरडा
roman: korḍā
lang: Mongolian
word: ташуур
roman: tašuur
lang: Mongolian
word: ᠲᠠᠰᠢᠭᠤᠷ
roman: tasiɣur
lang: Navajo
word: bee atsxis
lang: Nepali
word: कोर्रा
roman: korrā
lang: Nogai
word: камышы
roman: kamışı
lang: Nogai
word: шыбырткы
roman: şıbırtkı
lang: Norman
word: fouet
lang: Northern Altai
word: камджы
roman: kamdžï
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: pisk
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: pisk
lang: Occitan
word: foet
lang: Occitan
word: flisquet
lang: Church Slavic
word: бичь
roman: bičĭ
lang: Old East Slavic
word: кнутъ
roman: knutŭ
lang: Old East Slavic
word: бичь
roman: bičĭ
lang: Old English
word: swipu
lang: Papiamentu
word: zuip
lang: Pashto
word: تازيانه
roman: tāzyāna
lang: Pashto
word: شلاخه
roman: šalāxa
lang: Pashto
word: کمچينه
roman: kamčīna
lang: Persian
word: شلاق
roman: šallâq
lang: Persian
word: تازیانه
roman: tâziyâne
lang: Persian
word: چابک
roman: čâbok
lang: Persian
word: چماق
roman: čomâq
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Pitsch
lang: Polish
word: bat
lang: Polish
word: bicz
lang: Portuguese
word: chicote
lang: Portuguese
word: açoite
lang: Romanian
word: bici
lang: Russian
word: кнут
roman: knut
lang: Russian
word: хлыст
roman: xlyst
lang: Russian
word: бич
roman: bič
lang: Russian
word: нага́йка
roman: nagájka
lang: Russian
word: плеть
roman: pletʹ
lang: Russian
word: плётка
roman: pljótka
lang: Russian
word: бато́г
roman: batóg
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: cuip
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: би̏ч
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ка̀нџија
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ко̀рба̄ч
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: bȉč
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: kàndžija
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: kòrbāč
lang: Slovak
word: bič
lang: Slovak
word: korbáč
lang: Slovene
word: bič
lang: Southern Altai
word: чыбырткы
roman: čïbïrtkï
lang: Southern Altai
word: камчы
roman: kamčï
lang: Spanish
word: fusta
lang: Spanish
word: látigo
lang: Spanish
word: flagelo
lang: Spanish
word: coyunda
lang: Spanish
word: chicote
lang: Spanish
word: vergajo
lang: Spanish
word: tralla
lang: Sranan Tongo
word: krawasi
lang: Swahili
word: kambaa
lang: Swahili
word: mjeledi
lang: Swedish
word: piska
lang: Tagalog
word: latiko
lang: Tagalog
word: latigo
lang: Tajik
word: химча
roman: ximča
lang: Tajik
word: қамчин
roman: qamčin
lang: Tajik
word: тозиёна
roman: toziyona
lang: Tamil
word: சாட்டை
roman: cāṭṭai
lang: Tamil
word: சவுக்கு
roman: cavukku
lang: Tatar
word: камчы
roman: qamçı
lang: Tatar
word: чыбыркы
roman: çıbırqı
lang: Telugu
word: కొరడా
roman: koraḍā
lang: Telugu
word: చబుకు
roman: cabuku
lang: Thai
word: แส้
roman: sɛ̂ɛ
lang: Tibetan
word: རྟ་ལྕག
roman: rta lcag
lang: Tocharian B
word: yatwe
lang: Tumbuka
word: chikoti
lang: Turkish
word: kamçı
lang: Turkish
word: kırbaç
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: قامچی
roman: kamçı
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: قرباچ
roman: kırbaç
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: تازیانه
roman: taziyane
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: سوط
roman: savt
lang: Turkmen
word: gamçy
lang: Ukrainian
word: баті́г
roman: batíh
lang: Ukrainian
word: бич
roman: byč
lang: Ukrainian
word: нага́йка
roman: nahájka
lang: Ukrainian
word: хлист
roman: xlyst
lang: Ukrainian
word: канчу́к
roman: kančúk
lang: Unami
word: siakw
lang: Urdu
word: چابک
roman: cābuk
lang: Urdu
word: ہنٹر
roman: hanṭar
lang: Uyghur
word: قامچا
roman: qamcha
lang: Uzbek
word: qamchi
lang: Vietnamese
word: roi
lang: Volapük
word: bat
lang: Walloon
word: scoreye
lang: Walloon
word: corijhe
lang: Walloon
word: scordjire
lang: Welsh
word: chwip
lang: Yiddish
word: בײַטש
roman: baytsh
lang: Yucatec Maya
word: hats'ik
lang: Yup'ik
word: kulutaq
lang: ǃXóõ
word: ǁn̥a̰m
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 黨鞭 /党鞭
roman: dong² bin¹
lang: Chinese
word: 黨鞭 /党鞭
roman: tóng-pian
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 黨鞭 /党鞭
roman: dǎngbiān
lang: Danish
word: indpisker
lang: Finnish
word: piiskuri
lang: French
word: whip
lang: Hindi
word: सचेतक
roman: sacetak
lang: Irish
word: aoire
lang: Malay
word: whip
lang: Malayalam
word: വിപ്പ്
roman: vippŭ
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: innpisker
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: innpiskar
lang: Swedish
word: inpiskare
lang: Tamil
word: கொறடா
roman: koṟaṭā
lang: Telugu
word: విప్
roman: vip
lang: Thai
word: วิป
roman: wíp
lang: Thai
word: ผู้คุมเสียงในสภา
roman: pûu-kum-sǐiang-nai-sà-paa