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What does whip mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word whip? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. (hunting) A whipper-in.
  2. (politics) A member of a political party who is in charge of enforcing the party's policies in votes.
  3. (politics) A document distributed weekly to MPs by party whips informing them of upcoming votes in parliament.
  4. Whipped cream.
  5. (nautical) A purchase in which one block is used to gain a 2:1 mechanical advantage.
  6. (African American Vernacular) A mode of personal motorized transportation; an automobile, all makes and models including motorcycles, excluding public transportation.
  7. (roller derby) A move in which one player transfers momentum to another.
  8. A whipping motion; a thrashing about.
  9. The quality of being whiplike or flexible; suppleness, as of the shaft of a golf club.
  10. Any of various pieces that operate with a quick vibratory motion
    1. A spring in certain electrical devices for making a circuit
    2. (music) A wippen, a rocking component in certain piano actions.
Verb
  1. (transitive) To hit with a whip.
  2. (transitive) By extension, to hit with any flexible object.
  3. (transitive, slang) To defeat, as in a contest or game.
  4. (transitive) To mix in a rapid aerating fashion, especially food.
  5. (transitive) To urge into action.
  6. (transitive, nautical) To bind the end of a rope with twine or other small stuff to prevent its unlaying: fraying or unravelling.
  7. (transitive, nautical) To hoist or purchase by means of a whip.
  8. To sew lightly; specifically, to form (a fabric) into gathers by loosely overcasting the rolled edge and drawing up the thread.
  9. (transitive) To throw or kick an object at a high velocity.
  10. (transitive) To fish a body of water especially by making repeated casts.
  11. (intransitive) To snap back and forth like a whip.
  12. (intransitive) To move very fast.
  13. (transitive) To move (something) very fast; often with up, out, etc.
  14. (transitive, roller derby) To transfer momentum from one skater to another.
  15. (figuratively) To lash with sarcasm, abuse, etc.
  16. To thrash; to beat out, as grain, by striking.
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