whip
1. an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping (Freq. 3)
• Hypernyms:
instrument
• Hyponyms:
cat-o'-nine-tails, cat, cowhide, horsewhip, knout,
quirt, riding crop, hunting crop, scourge, flagellum, strap
• Part Meronyms:
crop, lash, thong, stock
2. a legislator appointed by the party to enforce discipline
• Syn:
party whip
• Hypernyms:
legislator
3. a dessert made of sugar and stiffly beaten egg whites or cream and usually flavored with fruit
• Hypernyms:
dessert, sweet, afters
• Hyponyms:
prune whip
4. (golf) the flexibility of the shaft of a golf club
• Topics:
golf, golf game
• Hypernyms:
flexibility, flexibleness
5. a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
- the whip raised a red welt
• Syn:
lash, whiplash
• Derivationally related forms:
lash (for: lash)
• Hypernyms:
blow
1. beat severely with a whip or rod (Freq. 8)
- The teacher often flogged the students
- The children were severely trounced
• Syn:
flog, welt, lather, lash, slash,
strap, trounce
• Derivationally related forms:
trouncing (for: trounce), strap (for: strap), lash (for: lash), whipper, whipping, welt (for: welt), flogging (for: flog)
• Hypernyms:
beat, beat up, work over
• Hyponyms:
flagellate, scourge, leather, horsewhip, switch,
cowhide, cat, birch
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- They want to whip the prisoners
2. defeat thoroughly (Freq. 4)
- He mopped up the floor with his opponents
• Syn:
worst, pip, mop up, rack up
• Derivationally related forms:
whipping
• Hypernyms:
beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- The fighter managed to whip his opponent
3. thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash (Freq. 3)
- The tall grass whipped in the wind
• Hypernyms:
convulse, thresh, thresh about, thrash, thrash about,
slash, toss, jactitate
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
4. strike as if by whipping (Freq. 3)
- The curtain whipped her face
• Syn:
lash
• Derivationally related forms:
lash (for: lash)
• Hypernyms:
strike
• Hyponyms:
urticate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
5. whip with or as if with a wire whisk
- whisk the eggs
• Syn:
whisk
• See Also:
whip up
• Topics:
cooking, cookery, preparation
• Hypernyms:
beat, scramble
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
6. subject to harsh criticism
- The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday
- the professor scaled the students
- your invectives scorched the community
• Syn:
blister, scald
• Hypernyms:
attack, round, assail, lash out, snipe, assault
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
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