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.
1. (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.]
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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