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Whip

Whĭp, v. t.

verbtransitive

(hwĭp), v. t. [imp. & p. p. WHIPPED (hwĭpt); p. pr. & vb. n. WHIPPING.] [A-S. hweopian, to whip, L. Ger. & D. wippen, to shake, to move up and down, Icel. vippa, to whirl, Sw. vippa, Dan. vippe, to swing to and fro, to shake, to toss up, D. zweepen, L. Ger. swōpen, schwippen, to whip, Icel. hvippa, a leap, W. chwip, a quick flirt or turn, chwipiaw, to move briskly, to whip, Gael. cuip, to whip, a whip.]

  1. To strike with a lash, a cord, a rod, or any thing lithe, which pains without bruising; to lash; to beat; as, to whip a horse.
  2. To drive with lashes; to cause to rotate by lashing with a cord; as, to whip a top.
  3. To punish with the whip; to flog; to beat; as, to whip a vagrant; to whip one 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.

They would whip me with their fine wits. Shak.

  1. To strike; to thrash; to beat out, as grain, by striking; as, to whip wheat.
  2. To sew lightly; specifically, to form into gathers by overcasting a rolled edge and drawing up the thread; as, to whip a ruffle.

In half-whipped muslin useless needles lie. Gay. 7. To overlay, as a cord, rope, or the like, with other cords going round and round it; to wrap; to inwrap; — often with about, around, or over. “Whipped over either with gold-thread, silver, or silk.” Stubbes. Its string is firmly whipped about with small gut. Moxon. 8. To take or move by a sudden motion; to jerk; to snatch; — with into, out, up, and the like. He whips out his pocket-book every moment, and writes descriptions of every thing he sees. H. Walpole. She, in a hurry, whips up her darling under her arm. L’Estrange. 9. (Naut.) To hoist or purchase by means of a whip; to secure the end of from untwisting by overcasting it with yarn. Totten. To whip a stream, to fish along its course, by throwing the line and hook over or into the water. Thackeray. — To whip in, to drive in or keep from scattering, as hounds in a hunt; hence, to collect in and keep from scattering, as members of a legislative body, of a party, and the like. Wright. — To whip the cat. (a.) To practice extreme parsimony. [Eng.] Forby. (b.) To go from house to house for employment, as itinerant tailors, carpenters, and the like. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Whip, v. i.

verbintransitive

To move nimbly; to start suddenly and do any thing; as, the boy whipped away in an instant; he whipped round the corner; he whipped into the house, and was out of sight in a moment.

Two friends, traveling together, met a bear upon the way; the one whips up a tree, the other throws himself flat on the ground. L'Estrange.

Whip, n.

noun

n. [A-S. hweop. See supra.] 1. An instrument for driving horses or other animals, or for correction, consisting of a lash tied to a handle or rod. In his right hand he holds a whip, with which he is supposed to drive the horses of the sun. Addison.

  1. A coachman, or driver of a carriage; as, a good whip. B. Disraeli.
  2. (Mach.) (a.) One of the four arms or frames of a wind-mill, on which the sails are spread. (b.) The length of the arm reckoned from the shaft.
  3. (Naut.) A small tackle with a single rope, used to hoist light bodies.

Whip and spur, with the utmost haste.