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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whipping \Whip"ping\,
a & n. from {Whip}, v.
{Whipping post}, a post to which offenders are tied, to be
legally whipped.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whip \Whip\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Whipped}; p. pr & vb n.
{Whipping}.] [OE. whippen to overlay, as a cord, with other
cords, probably akin to G. & D. wippen to shake, to move up
and down Sw vippa, Dan. vippe to swing to and fro, to
shake, to toss up and L. vibrare to shake. Cf {Vibrate}.]
1. 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.
2. To drive with lashes or strokes of a whip; to cause to
rotate by lashing with a cord; as to whip a top
3. 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.
Who for false quantities, was whipped at school.
--Dryden.
4. To apply that which hurts keenly to to lash, as with
sarcasm, abuse, or the like to apply cutting language to
They would whip me with their fine wits. --Shak.
5. To thrash; to beat out as grain, by striking; as to whip
wheat.
6. To beat (eggs, cream, or the like) into a froth, as with a
whisk, fork, or the like
7. To conquer; to defeat, as in a contest or game; to beat
to surpass. [Slang, U. S.]
8. To overlay (a cord, rope, or the like) with other cords
going round and round it to overcast, as the edge of a
seam; to wrap; -- often with about around or over
Its string is firmly whipped about with small gut.
--Moxon.
9. To sew lightly; specifically, to form (a fabric) into
gathers by loosely overcasting the rolled edge and drawing
up the thread; as to whip a ruffle.
In half-whipped muslin needles useless lie. --Gay.
10. To take or move by a sudden motion; to jerk; to snatch;
-- with into out up off and the like
She in a hurry, whips up her darling under her
arm. --L'Estrange.
He whips out his pocketbook every moment, and
writes descriptions of everything he sees.
--Walpole.
11. (Naut.)
a To hoist or purchase by means of a whip.
b To secure the end of (a rope, or the like) from
untwisting by overcasting it with small stuff.
12. To fish (a body of water) with a rod and artificial fly,
the motion being that employed in using a whip.
Whipping their rough surface for a trout.
--Emerson.
{To whip in}, to drive in or keep from scattering, as hounds
in a hurt; hence to collect, or to keep together, as
member of a party, or the like
{To whip the cat}.
a To practice extreme parsimony. [Prov. Eng.] --Forby.
b To go from house to house working by the day as
itinerant tailors and carpenters do [Prov. & U. S.]
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
whipping
adj : smart and fashionable; "snappy conversation"; "some sharp
and whipping lines" [syn: {snappy}]
n 1: beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
[syn: {flogging}, {lashing}, {flagellation}]
2: a sound defeat [syn: {thrashing}, {walloping}, {debacle}, {drubbing},
{slaughter}, {trouncing}]
3: a stitch passing over an edge diagonally [syn: {whipstitch},
{whipstitching}]
4: the act of overcoming or outdoing [syn: {beating}]
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