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whip |
5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Whip \Whip\, v. i. To move nimbly; to start or turn suddenly and do something to whisk; as he whipped around the corner. With speed from thence he whipped. --Sackville. Two friends, traveling, met a bear upon the way the one whips up a tree, and the other throws himself flat upon the ground. --L'Estrange. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Whip \Whip\, n. [OE. whippe. See {Whip}, v. t.] 1. 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. ``[A] whip's lash.'' --Chaucer. In his right hand he holds a whip, with which he is supposed to drive the horses of the sun. --Addison. 2. A coachman; a driver of a carriage; as a good whip. --Beaconsfield. 3. (Mach.) a One of the arms or frames of a windmill, on which the sails are spread. b The length of the arm reckoned from the shaft. 4. (Naut.) a A small tackle with a single rope, used to hoist light bodies. b The long pennant. See {Pennant} a 5. A huntsman who whips in the hounds; whipper-in. 6. (Eng. Politics) a 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. b A call made upon members of a Parliament party to be in their places at a given time, as when a vote is to be taken {Whip and spur}, with the utmost haste. {Whip crane}, or {Whip purchase}, a simple form of crane having a small drum from which the load is suspended, turned by pulling on a rope wound around larger drum on the same axle. {Whip gin}. See {Gin block}, under 5th {Gin}. {Whip grafting}. See under {Grafting}. {Whip hand}, the hand with which the whip is used hence advantage; mastery; as to have or get the whip hand of a person. --Dryden. {Whip ray} (Zo["o]l.), the European eagle ray. See under {Ray}. {Whip roll} (Weaving), a roll or bar, behind the reeds in a loom, on which the warp threads rest. {Whip scorpion} (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of arachnids belonging to {Thelyphonus} and allied genera. They somewhat resemble true scorpions, but have a long, slender bristle, or lashlike organ, at the end of the body, instead of a sting. {Whip snake} (Zo["o]l.), any one of various species of slender snakes. Specifically: a A bright green South American tree snake ({Philodryas viridissimus}) having a long and slender body. It is not venomous. Called also {emerald whip snake}. b The coachwhip snake. 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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Whip \Whip\, n. 1. A whipping motion; a thrashing about as the whip of a tense rope or wire which has suddenly parted; also the quality of being whiplike or flexible; flexibility; suppleness, as of the shaft of a golf club. 2. (Mech.) Any of various pieces that operate with a quick vibratory motion, as a spring in certain electrical devices for making a circuit, or a rocking certain piano actions. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: whip n 1: an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping 2: a legislator appointed by the party to enforce discipline [syn: {party whip}] 3: a quick blow with a whip [syn: {lash}, {whiplash}] v 1: beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students" [syn: {flog}, {welt}, {lather}, {lash}, {slash}, {strap}, {trounce}] 2: colloquial usage; defeat thoroughly; "He mopped up the floor with his opponents" [syn: {worst}, {pip}, {mop up}, {rack up}] 3: thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash; "The tall grass whipped in the wind" 4: strike as if by whipping; "The curtain whipped her face" [syn: {lash}] 5: whip; "whisk the eggs" [syn: {whisk}] 6: scorch with words "blistering criticism; whipping comments" [syn: {blister}]
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