whip

Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).

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Noun

1. A [[lash]]; a [[pliant]], [[flexible]] instrument, such as a [[rod]] (commonly of [[cane]] or [[rattan]]) or a [[plait]]ed or [[braided]] [[rope]] or [[thong]] (commonly of leather) used to create a sharp "crack" sound for directing or herding animals.
2. A [[blow]] administered with a whip.
3. {{lb|en|hunting}} A [[whipper-in]].
4. {{lb|en|politics}} A member of a [[political]] [[party]] who is in charge of enforcing the party's [[policy|policies]] in [[vote]]s.
5. {{lb|en|UK politics|with definite article}} A document distributed weekly to [[MP|MPs]] by party whips informing them of upcoming votes in parliament.
6. {{lb|en|UK politics|by extension}} The regular status of an [[MP]] within a parliamentary party, which can be revoked by the party as a disciplinary measure.
7. {{U|whipped cream}}.
8. {{lb|en|nautical}} A [[purchase]] in which one [[block]] is used to gain a 2:1 [[mechanical advantage]].
9. {{lb|en|AAVE|MTE}} A mode of personal [[motorized]] [[transportation]]; an [[automobile]], all makes and models including [[motorcycles]], excluding public transportation.
10. {{lb|en|roller derby}} A move in which one player transfers momentum to another.
11. A whipping motion; a thrashing about.
12. The quality of being whiplike or flexible; suppleness, as of the shaft of a golf club.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[hit]] with a whip.
2. {{lb|en|transitive|by extension}} To hit with any flexible object.
3. {{lb|en|transitive|slang}} To [[defeat]], as in a contest or game.
4. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[mix]] in a rapid aerating fashion, especially [[food]].
5. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[urge]] into action or obedience.
6. {{lb|en|transitive|politics}} To enforce a member voting in accordance with party policy.
7. {{lb|en|transitive|nautical}} To bind the end of a [[rope]] with [[twine]] or other [[small stuff]] to prevent its [[unlay]]ing: [[fraying]] or [[unravel]]ling.
8. {{lb|en|transitive|nautical}} To hoist or purchase by means of a whip.
9. To [[sew]] lightly; specifically, to form (a fabric) into [[gather]]s by loosely [[overcast]]ing the rolled edge and drawing up the thread.
10. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[throw]] or [[kick]] an object at a high velocity.
11. {{lb|en|ambitransitive}} To [[fish]] a body of [[water]] especially by making repeated [[cast]]s.
12. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To snap back and forth like a whip.

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