Definition of whip

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Whip (v. t.) An instrument or driving horses or other animals, or for correction, consisting usually of a lash attached to a handle, or of a handle and lash so combined as to form a flexible rod..

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Whip :: Whip (v. t.) To strike with a lash, a cord, a rod, or anything slender and lithe; to lash; to beat; as, to whip a horse, or a carpet..
Shaft :: Shaft (n.) The handle or helve of certain tools, instruments, etc., as a hammer, a whip, etc..
Scourge :: Scourge (n.) A lash; a strap or cord; especially, a lash used to inflict pain or punishment; an instrument of punishment or discipline; a whip..
Feague :: Feague (v. t.) To beat or whip; to drive.
Breech :: Breech (v. t.) To whip on the breech.
Meringue :: Meringue (n.) A delicate pastry made of powdered sugar and the whites of eggs whipped up, -- with jam or cream added..
Switch :: Switch (v. t.) To strike with a switch or small flexible rod; to whip.
Swinge :: Swinge (v. t.) To beat soundly; to whip; to chastise; to punish.
Whiffletree :: Whiffletree (n.) Same as Whippletree.
Whipparee :: Whipparee (n.) A large sting ray (Rhinoptera bonasus, or R. quadriloba) of the Atlantic coast of the United States. Its snout appears to be four-lobed when viewed in front, whence it is also called cow-nosed ray..
Whip-tom-kelly :: Whip-tom-kelly (n.) A vireo (Vireo altiloquus) native of the West Indies and Florida; -- called also black-whiskered vireo.
Snap :: Snap (v. t.) A sharp, abrupt sound, as that made by the crack of a whip; as, the snap of the trigger of a gun..
Whippersnapper :: Whippersnapper (n.) A diminutive, insignificant, or presumptuous person..
Whipstitch :: Whipstitch (n.) A tailor; -- so called in contempt.
Trounce :: Trounce (v. t.) To punish or beat severely; to whip smartly; to flog; to castigate.
Whipstitch :: Whipstitch (n.) Anything hastily put or stitched together; hence, a hasty composition..
Whipgraft :: Whipgraft (v. t.) To graft by cutting the scion and stock in a certain manner. See Whip grafting, under Grafting..
Whipstick :: Whipstick (n.) Whip handle; whipstock.
Whip :: Whip (v. t.) To conquer; to defeat, as in a contest or game; to beat; to surpass..
Knout :: Knout (n.) A kind of whip for flogging criminals, formerly much used in Russia. The last is a tapering bundle of leather thongs twisted with wire and hardened, so that it mangles the flesh..
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