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Whip \Whip\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Whipped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Whipping}.] [OE. whippen to overlay, as a cord, with other
cords, probably akin to G. & D. wippen to shake, to move up
and down, Sw. vippa, Dan. vippe to swing to and fro, to
shake, to toss up, and L. vibrare to shake. Cf. {Vibrate}.]
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1. 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.
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2. To drive with lashes or strokes of a whip; to cause to
rotate by lashing with a cord; as, to whip a top.
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3. 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.
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Who, for false quantities, was whipped at school.
--Dryden.
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4. To apply that which hurts keenly to; to lash, as with
sarcasm, abuse, or the like; to apply cutting language to.
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They would whip me with their fine wits. --Shak.
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5. To thrash; to beat out, as grain, by striking; as, to whip
wheat.
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6. To beat (eggs, cream, or the like) into a froth, as with a
whisk, fork, or the like.
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7. To conquer; to defeat, as in a contest or game; to beat;
to surpass. [Slang, U. S.]
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8. 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.
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Its string is firmly whipped about with small gut.
--Moxon.
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9. 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.
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In half-whipped muslin needles useless lie. --Gay.
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10. To take or move by a sudden motion; to jerk; to snatch;
-- with into, out, up, off, and the like.
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She, in a hurry, whips up her darling under her
arm. --L'Estrange.
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He whips out his pocketbook every moment, and
writes descriptions of everything he sees.
--Walpole.
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11. (Naut.)
(a) To hoist or purchase by means of a whip.
(b) To secure the end of (a rope, or the like) from
untwisting by overcasting it with small stuff.
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12. To fish (a body of water) with a rod and artificial fly,
the motion being that employed in using a whip.
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Whipping their rough surface for a trout.
--Emerson.
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{To whip in}, to drive in, or keep from scattering, as hounds
in a hurt; hence, to collect, or to keep together, as
member of a party, or the like.

{To whip the cat}.
(a) To practice extreme parsimony. [Prov. Eng.] --Forby.
(b) To go from house to house working by the day, as
itinerant tailors and carpenters do. [Prov. & U. S.]
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Whip \Whip\, v. i.
To move nimbly; to start or turn suddenly and do something;
to whisk; as, he whipped around the corner.
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With speed from thence he whipped. --Sackville.
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Two friends, traveling, met a bear upon the way; the
one whips up a tree, and the other throws himself flat
upon the ground. --L'Estrange.
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Whip \Whip\, n. [OE. whippe. See {Whip}, v. t.]
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1. 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. "[A] whip's lash." --Chaucer.
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In his right hand he holds a whip, with which he is
supposed to drive the horses of the sun. --Addison.
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2. A coachman; a driver of a carriage; as, a good whip.
--Beaconsfield.
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3. (Mach.)
(a) One of the arms or frames of a windmill, on which the
sails are spread.
(b) The length of the arm reckoned from the shaft.
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4. (Naut.)
(a) A small tackle with a single rope, used to hoist light
bodies.
(b) The long pennant. See {Pennant}
(a)
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5. A huntsman who whips in the hounds; whipper-in.
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6. (Eng. Politics)
(a) 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.
(b) 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.
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7. A whipping motion; a thrashing about; as, the whip of a
tense rope or wire which has suddenly parted; also, the
quality of being whiplike or flexible; flexibility;
suppleness, as of the shaft of a golf club.
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8. (Mech.) Any of various pieces that operate with a quick
vibratory motion, as a spring in certain electrical
devices for making a circuit, or a rocking certain piano
actions.
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{Whip and spur}, with the utmost haste.

{Whip crane}, or {Whip purchase}, a simple form of crane
having a small drum from which the load is suspended,
turned by pulling on a rope wound around larger drum on
the same axle.

{Whip gin}. See {Gin block}, under 5th {Gin}.

{Whip grafting}. See under {Grafting}.

{Whip hand}, the hand with which the whip is used; hence,
advantage; mastery; as, to have or get the whip hand of a
person. --Dryden.

{Whip ray} (Zool.), the European eagle ray. See under {Ray}.


{Whip roll} (Weaving), a roll or bar, behind the reeds in a
loom, on which the warp threads rest.

{Whip scorpion} (Zool.), any one of numerous species of
arachnids belonging to {Thelyphonus} and allied genera.
They somewhat resemble true scorpions, but have a long,
slender bristle, or lashlike organ, at the end of the
body, instead of a sting.

{Whip snake} (Zool.), any one of various species of slender
snakes. Specifically:
(a) A bright green South American tree snake ({Philodryas
viridissimus}) having a long and slender body. It is
not venomous. Called also {emerald whip snake}.
(b) The coachwhip snake.
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