Whip Definition
- quirt
- riding-crop
- riding-whip
- buggy whip
- bull-whip
- ox whip
- dog whip
- blacksnake
- knotted cord
- cane
- ruler
- birch rod
- taws
- thong
- horsewhip
(baseball) Walks plus hits per inning pitched; a statistic of the number of baserunners a pitcher has allowed per inning pitched.
- To bring to a specified state or condition, vigorously and often forcefully.
- to employ stern or harsh measures; enforce strict discipline
- to bring together or assemble, as a party whip does
- to bring by vigorous action into the proper or desired condition
- to rouse; excite
to whip up enthusiasm
- to prepare quickly and efficiently
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Whip
Origin of Whip
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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
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Middle English wippen, whippen weip- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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