whip

1. v. t. 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. Source: opted

2. v. t. To drive with lashes or strokes of a whip; to cause to rotate by lashing with a cord; as, to whip a top. Source: opted

3. v. t. 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. Source: opted

4. v. t. To apply that which hurts keenly to; to lash, as with sarcasm, abuse, or the like; to apply cutting language to. Source: opted

5. v. t. To thrash; to beat out, as grain, by striking; as, to whip wheat. Source: opted

6. v. t. To beat (eggs, cream, or the like) into a froth, as with a whisk, fork, or the like. Source: opted

7. v. t. To conquer; to defeat, as in a contest or game; to beat; to surpass. Source: opted

8. v. t. 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. Source: opted

9. v. t. 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. Source: opted

10. v. t. To take or move by a sudden motion; to jerk; to snatch; -- with into, out, up, off, and the like. Source: opted

11. v. t. To hoist or purchase by means of a whip. Source: opted

12. v. t. To secure the end of (a rope, or the like) from untwisting by overcasting it with small stuff. Source: opted

13. v. t. To fish (a body of water) with a rod and artificial fly, the motion being that employed in using a whip. Source: opted

14. v. i. To move nimbly; to start or turn suddenly and do something; to whisk; as, he whipped around the corner. Source: opted

15. v. t. 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. Source: opted

16. v. t. A coachman; a driver of a carriage; as, a good whip. Source: opted

17. v. t. One of the arms or frames of a windmill, on which the sails are spread. Source: opted

18. v. t. The length of the arm reckoned from the shaft. Source: opted

19. v. t. A small tackle with a single rope, used to hoist light bodies. Source: opted

20. v. t. The long pennant. See Pennant (a) Source: opted

21. v. t. A huntsman who whips in the hounds; whipper-in. Source: opted

22. v. t. 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. Source: opted

23. v. t. A call made upon members of a Parliament party to be in their places at a given time, as when a vote is to be taken. Source: opted

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