whip

I

noun

1. an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping (Freq. 3)

• Hypernyms: ↑instrument

• Hyponyms:

↑cat-o'-nine-tails, ↑cat, ↑cowhide, ↑horsewhip, ↑knout, ↑quirt, ↑riding crop, ↑hunting crop, ↑scourge, ↑flagellum, ↑strap

• Part Meronyms: ↑crop, ↑lash, ↑thong, ↑stock

2. a legislator appointed by the party to enforce discipline

• Syn: ↑party whip

• Hypernyms: ↑legislator

3. a dessert made of sugar and stiffly beaten egg whites or cream and usually flavored with fruit

• Hypernyms: ↑dessert, ↑sweet, ↑afters

• Hyponyms: ↑prune whip

4. (golf) the flexibility of the shaft of a golf club

• Topics: ↑golf, ↑golf game

• Hypernyms: ↑flexibility, ↑flexibleness

5. a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object

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the whip raised a red welt

• Syn: ↑lash, ↑whiplash

• Derivationally related forms: ↑lash (for: ↑lash)

• Hypernyms: ↑blow

II

verb

1. beat severely with a whip or rod (Freq. 8)

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The teacher often flogged the students

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The children were severely trounced

• Syn:

↑flog, ↑welt, ↑lather, ↑lash, ↑slash, ↑strap, ↑trounce

• Derivationally related forms:

↑trouncing (for: ↑trounce), ↑strap (for: ↑strap), ↑lash (for: ↑lash), ↑whipper, ↑whipping, ↑welt (for: ↑welt), ↑flogging (for: ↑flog)

• Hypernyms: ↑beat, ↑beat up, ↑work over

• Hyponyms:

↑flagellate, ↑scourge, ↑leather, ↑horsewhip, ↑switch, ↑cowhide, ↑cat, ↑birch

• Verb Frames:

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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s somebody

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They want to whip the prisoners

2. defeat thoroughly (Freq. 4)

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He mopped up the floor with his opponents

• Syn: ↑worst, ↑pip, ↑mop up, ↑rack up

• Derivationally related forms: ↑whipping

• Hypernyms: ↑beat, ↑beat out, ↑crush, ↑shell, ↑trounce, ↑vanquish

• Verb Frames:

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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s somebody

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The fighter managed to whip his opponent

3. thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash (Freq. 3)

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The tall grass whipped in the wind

• Hypernyms:

↑convulse, ↑thresh, ↑thresh about, ↑thrash, ↑thrash about, ↑slash, ↑toss, ↑jactitate

• Verb Frames:

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Something ——s

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Something is ——ing PP

4. strike as if by whipping (Freq. 3)

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The curtain whipped her face

• Syn: ↑lash

• Derivationally related forms: ↑lash (for: ↑lash)

• Hypernyms: ↑strike

• Hyponyms: ↑urticate

• Verb Frames:

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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s somebody

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Something ——s somebody

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Something ——s something

5. whip with or as if with a wire whisk

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whisk the eggs

• Syn: ↑whisk

• See Also: ↑whip up

• Topics: ↑cooking, ↑cookery, ↑preparation

• Hypernyms: ↑beat, ↑scramble

• Verb Frames:

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Somebody ——s something

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Something ——s something

6. subject to harsh criticism

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The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday

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the professor scaled the students

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your invectives scorched the community

• Syn: ↑blister, ↑scald

• Hypernyms: ↑attack, ↑round, ↑assail, ↑lash out, ↑snipe, ↑assault

• Verb Frames:

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Somebody ——s somebody