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• whipcord — /hwip kawrd , wip /, n. 1. a cotton, woolen, or worsted fabric with a steep, diagonally ribbed surface. 2. a strong, hard twisted cord, sometimes used for the lashes of whips. 3. a cord made from the intestines of animals; catgut. [1275 1325; ME… …   Universalium

• Whipp — This interesting surname with variant spellings Whip, Whipp, Whippe, etc., is a metonymic occupational name for someone who carried out judicial floggings, deriving from the Middle English whip . The surname dates back to the late 13th Century,… …   Surnames reference