whip
whip [whip whips whipped whipping] noun, verb BrE [wɪp] NAmE [wɪp]
noun
1. countable a long thin piece of rope or leather, attached to a handle, used for making animals move or punishing people
•He cracked his whip and the horse leapt forward.
2. countable an official in a political party who is responsible for making sure that party members attend and vote in important government debates
•the chief whip
3. countable a written instruction telling members of a political party how to vote on a particular issue
see also ↑three-line whip
4. uncountable, countable a sweet dish made from cream, eggs, sugar and fruit mixed together
more at crack the whip at ↑crack v., a fair crack of the whip at ↑fair adj.
Word Origin:
Middle English: probably from Middle Low German and Middle Dutch wippen ‘swing, leap, dance’, from a Germanic base meaning ‘move quickly’. The noun is partly from the verb, reinforced by Middle Low German wippe ‘quick movement’.
Example Bank:
•He cracked the whip and the horse leaped forward.
Idiom: ↑have the whip hand
Derived: ↑whip somebody up ▪ ↑whip through something
verb  (-pp-)
1. transitive ~ sb/sth to hit a person or an animal hard with a ↑whip, as a punishment or to make them go faster or work harder
2. intransitive, transitive to move, or make sth move, quickly and suddenly or violently in a particular direction
•+ adv./prep. A branch whipped across the car window.
•Her hair whipped around her face in the wind.
•~ sth The waves were being whipped by 50 mile an hour winds.
3. transitive ~ sth + adv./prep. to remove or pull sth quickly and suddenly
•She whipped the mask off her face.
•The man whipped out a knife.
4. transitive to stir cream, etc. very quickly until it becomes stiff
•~ sth Serve the pie with whipped cream.
•~ sth up Whip the egg whites up into stiff peaks.
5. transitive ~ sb/sth (NAmE, informal)to defeat sb very easily in a game
•The team whipped its opponents by 35 points.
•They whipped Australia 18–3 in the final game.
compare ↑thrash v. (3)
6. transitive ~ sth (BrE, informal)to steal sth
Verb forms: 
Word Origin:
Middle English: probably from Middle Low German and Middle Dutch wippen ‘swing, leap, dance’, from a Germanic base meaning ‘move quickly’. The noun is partly from the verb, reinforced by Middle Low German wippe ‘quick movement’.
Example Bank:
•A gust of wind whipped off her hat.
•At the sound of his name, he whipped round and glared at us.
•He was taken back to the jail and soundly whipped.
•He whipped out a notebook and began scribbling furiously.
•Lightly whip the egg whites and add them to the mixture.
•The wind whipped across the moors.
•Serve the pie with whipped cream.
•She whipped the letter away from him.
•The wind whipped her hair around her face.
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