Definition of whip

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Whip (v. t.) A person (as a member of Parliament) appointed to enforce party discipline, and secure the attendance of the members of a Parliament party at any important session, especially when their votes are needed..

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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..
Vapulation :: Vapulation (n.) The act of beating or whipping.
Scourge :: Scourge (n.) To whip severely; to lash.
Whip :: Whip (v. t.) To punish with a whip, scourge, or rod; to flog; to beat; as, to whip a vagrant; to whip one with thirty nine lashes; to whip a perverse boy..
Whip :: Whip (v. t.) A huntsman who whips in the hounds; whipper-in.
Whipgrafted :: Whipgrafted (imp. & p. p.) of Whipgraf.
Chabuk :: Chabuk (n.) A long whip, such as is used in the East in the infliction of punishment..
Whipperin :: Whipperin (n.) Hence, one who enforces the discipline of a party, and urges the attendance and support of the members on all necessary occasions..
Riding :: Riding (a.) Used for riding, or when riding; devoted to riding; as, a riding whip; a riding habit; a riding day..
Whippletree :: Whippletree (n.) The pivoted or swinging bar to which the traces, or tugs, of a harness are fastened, and by which a carriage, a plow, or other implement or vehicle, is drawn; a whiffletree; a swingletree; a singletree. See Singletree..
Pennant :: Pennant (n.) A small flag; a pennon. The narrow, / long, pennant (called also whip or coach whip) is a long, narrow piece of bunting, carried at the masthead of a government vessel in commission. The board pennant is an oblong, nearly square flag, carried at the masthead of a commodore's vessel..
Whipparee :: Whipparee (n.) A large sting ray (Dasybatis, / Trygon, Sayi) native of the Southern United States. It is destitute of large spines on the body and tail..
Whiffletree :: Whiffletree (n.) Same as Whippletree.
Whip :: Whip (v. t.) To apply that which hurts keenly to; to lash, as with sarcasm, abuse, or the like; to apply cutting language to..
Lash :: Lash (n.) A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough; as, the culprit received thirty-nine lashes..
Whipcord :: Whipcord (n.) A kind of hard-twisted or braided cord, sometimes used for making whiplashes..
Whipper :: Whipper (n.) A kind of simple willow.
Swingling :: Swingletree (v. i.) A whiffletree, or whippletree. See Singletree..
Whippletree :: Whippletree (n.) The cornel tree.
Whippersnapper :: Whippersnapper (n.) A diminutive, insignificant, or presumptuous person..
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