as in strap
a long thin or flexible tool for striking
a 100-year-old whip that was once used by a coachman
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as in to hide
to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible
whipped the animal when it did not move fast enough to please him
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as in to throw
to defeat by a large margin
we whipped them 13-0 in the last game
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as in to swing
to change the course or direction of (something)
any more complaints and I'm whipping this car around and heading back home
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as in to lick
to strike repeatedly
huge raindrops whipped the windows
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John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 25 July 2024
The back also provided more whip during the two launch sequences, right down to the dangling feet.
—Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 24 July 2024
Brian Stelter, WIRED, 7 Aug. 2024
Sleek Single Braid Getty Images Getty Images Fall’s femme fatales are all steely glances and a single three-strand braid—the better to whip and tie, and well, whatever a femme fatale gets up to.
—Loren Savini, Allure, 3 Aug. 2024
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Noun
Part of the sidewalk is blocked off into a picnic section, where people chow on Berlin-style doner kebabs, Cambodian noodles and frozen pineapple whips.
—John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 25 July 2024
The back also provided more whip during the two launch sequences, right down to the dangling feet.
—Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 24 July 2024
Verb
For Gold Zone, a feast for the eyes, producers in Stamford pick 16 live feeds to monitor at a time, then the directors whip around from event to event, hoping to catch every medal contest.
—Brian Stelter, WIRED, 7 Aug. 2024
Sleek Single Braid Getty Images Getty Images Fall’s femme fatales are all steely glances and a single three-strand braid—the better to whip and tie, and well, whatever a femme fatale gets up to.
—Loren Savini, Allure, 3 Aug. 2024
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“Whip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whip. Accessed 19 Sep. 2024.
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