English Explanatory Dictionary

whip

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.
  2. The same instrument used to strike a person or animal for corporal punishment or torture.
  3. A blow administered with a whip.
  4. A whipper-in.
  5. A member of a political party who is in charge of enforcing the party's policies in votes.
  6. A document distributed weekly to MPs by party whips informing them of upcoming votes in parliament.
  7. The regular status of an MP within a parliamentary party, which can be revoked by the party as a disciplinary measure.
  8. Whipped cream.
  9. A purchase in which one block is used to gain a 2:1 mechanical advantage.
  10. A mode of personal motorized transportation; an automobile, all makes and models including motorcycles, excluding public transportation.
  11. A move in which one player transfers momentum to another.
  12. A whipping motion; a thrashing about.
verb
  1. To hit with a whip.
  2. To hit with any flexible object.
  3. To defeat, as in a contest or game.
  4. To mix in a rapid aerating fashion, especially food.
  5. To urge into action or obedience.
  6. To enforce a member voting in accordance with party policy.
  7. To bind the end of a rope with twine or other small stuff to prevent its unlaying: fraying or unravelling.
  8. To hoist or purchase by means of a whip.
  9. To sew lightly; specifically, to form (a fabric) into gathers by loosely overcasting the rolled edge and drawing up the thread.
  10. To throw or kick an object at a high velocity.
  11. To fish a body of water especially by making repeated casts.
  12. To snap back and forth like a whip.
noun
  1. Acronym of walks plus hits per inning pitched; a statistic of the number of baserunners a pitcher has allowed per inning pitched.

Pronunciation

/ˈwɪp/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-whip.wav en-us-whip.ogg /ˈʍɪp/ [ˈw̥ɪp]

Word forms

whip whips whipping whipped

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 *wipjaną (“to move back and forth”). Some similarity to Sanskrit root वेप् (vep, “shake, flourish”), Latin vibrō (“to shake”). (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”), 18th century hunting terminology.

Synonyms

crop dressage whip driving whip jumping bat flail knout lash quirt scourge sjambok thong cat cat-o'-nine-tails party whip whipper-in thrash thresh belt birch cut feague flagellate flog lather scutch slash strap stripe whip whoop yark fling hurl bung cast chuck chunk cook dash dump feck jerk heave hield hoy huck hurtle launch lob peck peg pick pitch precipitate project quoit shy slight skew sling

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 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 zoom pistol-whip pussywhip whip-around whip-arse whip-belly whip-belly vengeance whip down whip in whip into shape whip it on

Translations

Afrikaans: roer Afrikaans: sweep Albanian: vregën Albanian: kamxhik Arabic: سَوْط Arabic: كِرْبَاج Arabic: كُرْبَاج Arabic: كرباج Arabic: مشحاطة Armenian: մտրակ Asturian: llátigu Azerbaijani: çubuq Azerbaijani: qamçı Azerbaijani: qırmac Azerbaijani: şallaq Bashkir: сыбыртҡы Bashkir: ҡамсы Belarusian: пу́га Belarusian: бізу́н Belarusian: плётка Belarusian: біч Belarusian: нага́йка Belarusian: дубе́ц Belarusian: хлыст Belarusian: бато́г Bengali: বেত Bulgarian: бич Bulgarian: камши́к Bulgarian: нага́йка Burmese: ကျာပွတ် Catalan: fuet Catalan: flagell Cebuano: latigo Chamicuro: ashpijka'chachi Chechen: шадд Chickasaw: ishfama' Chinese Cantonese: 鞭 Chinese Cantonese: 黨鞭 /党鞭 Chinese Mandarin: 鞭子 Chinese Mandarin: 鞭 Chinese Mandarin: 黨鞭 /党鞭 Cornish: hwypp Czech: bič Danish: pisk Danish: indpisker Dutch: zweep Esperanto: vipo Estonian: piits Faroese: píska Finnish: ruoska Finnish: piiska Finnish: piiskuri French: fouet French: whip West-Frisian: swipe Galician: látego Galician: tralla Galician: zurriago Galician: zorrega Galician: azorrague Galician: vergallo Galician: verdasco Galician: rebenque Galician: azoute Georgian: შოლტი German: Peitsche German: Knute German: Zagel Greek: μαστίγιο Ancient Greek: μάστιξ Gujarati: ચાબુક Hebrew: שׁוֹט Hindi: कोड़ा Hindi: चाबुक Hindi: हंटर Hindi: ताज़ियाना Hindi: साँटा Hindi: साँटी Hindi: क़मची Hindi: कशा Hindi: दुर्रा Hindi: सचेतक Hungarian: felhúzókötél Hungarian: ostor Hungarian: korbács Icelandic: svipa Ilocano: baot Indonesian: cambuk
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