Whip Definition

wĭp, hwĭp

whipped, whipping, whips, whipt

verb

whipped, whipping, whips

To strike, as with a strap or rod; lash; beat.

Webster's New World

To afflict, castigate, or reprove severely.

American Heritage

To punish in this manner.

Webster's New World

To strike or affect in a manner similar to whipping or lashing.

Icy winds whipped my face.

American Heritage

To cast with a fishing rod, using a quick, whiplike motion.

Webster's New World

Synonyms:

Antonyms:

Antonyms:
surrender
lose

noun

whips

An instrument for striking or flogging, consisting generally of a stiff or flexible rod with a lash attached to one end.

Webster's New World

A blow, cut, etc. made with or as with a whip.

Webster's New World

A person who uses a whip, as a coachman or a huntsman who whips on the hounds.

Webster's New World

A whipping motion.

Webster's New World

Flexibility, as in the shaft of a golf club.

A fishing rod with a lot of whip.

American Heritage

Synonyms:

Synonyms:
quirt
riding-crop
riding-whip
buggy whip
bull-whip
ox whip
dog whip
blacksnake
knotted cord
cane
ruler
birch rod
taws
thong
horsewhip

abbreviation

(baseball) Walks plus hits per inning pitched; a statistic of the number of baserunners a pitcher has allowed per inning pitched.

Wiktionary

idiom

whip into shape

To bring to a specified state or condition, vigorously and often forcefully.

American Heritage

crack the whip

to employ stern or harsh measures; enforce strict discipline

Webster's New World

whip in

to bring together or assemble, as a party whip does

Webster's New World

whip into shape

to bring by vigorous action into the proper or desired condition

Webster's New World

whip up

to rouse; excite
to whip up enthusiasm
to prepare quickly and efficiently

Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Whip

Noun

Singular:

whip

Plural:

whips

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Whip

Origin of Whip

From Middle English hwippen or whippen. Middle High German wipfen, wepfen and Middle Dutch wippen (“to move quickly"), possibly all from a Proto-Germanic *wip. Some similarity to Sanskrit root वेप् (vep), Latin vibrō (“I shake"). (See Swedish vippa and Danish vippe (“to shake")).

From Wiktionary
Middle English wippen, whippen weip- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition