WHIP | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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’

a strip of leather or length of cord fastened to a handle, used for flogging or beating a person or for urging on an animal.

strip of leather used for flogging or beating

an official of a political party appointed to maintain parliamentary discipline among its members, especially so as to ensure attendance and voting in debates.

official of political party appointed to maintain discipline among members

a dessert consisting of cream or eggs beaten into a light fluffy mass with fruit, chocolate, or other ingredients.

dessert consisting of cream or eggs beaten into light fluffy mass with ingredients

whipper-in

a slender, unbranched shoot or plant.

slender, unbranched shoot or plant

a scythe for cutting specified crops

scythe for cutting specified crops

• a grass whip

a rope-and-pulley hoisting apparatus.

rope-and-pulley hoisting apparatus

a car

car

• I just got new wheels for my whip

beat (a person or animal) with a whip or similar instrument, especially as a punishment or to urge them on

beat person or animal with whip or similar instrument

• Lewis whipped the boy twenty times

move fast or suddenly in a specified direction

move fast or suddenly in specified direction

• he whipped round to face them

beat (cream, eggs, or other food) into a froth.

beat food into froth

steal (something)

steal

• the escaper had whipped his overcoat

bind (something) with spirally wound twine

bind something with spirally wound twine

• the side linings are whipped or hemmed