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whip
  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.
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  12. Examples:
    1. “When she got there, she grabbed the leather whip that was hanging on the wall next to her.”
whipping
  1. (countable) The punishment of being whipped.
  2. (countable) A heavy defeat; a thrashing.
  3. (uncountable) A cooking technique in which air is incorporated into cream etc.
  4. (countable) A cord or thread used to lash or bind something.
  5. (nautical, whipping) The lashing of the end of a rope. (FM 55-501).
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  7. Examples:
    1. “Do you know anything of the whipping of the prisoners, while you were there?”
      “The women's team experienced a whipping at the hands of their archrivals.”
whipper
  1. Agent noun of whip; a person or thing that whips.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The professional baker used an electric whipper to quickly and efficiently mix the cake batter.”
      “At the press of a button, the heated water blends with the pre-mix and is stirred to the correct consistency by a mechanical whipper.”
      “During the night, all kinds of tanks went up the lines from the largest to the little whipper.”
whipstick
  1. A whipstock; the handle of a whip.
whippee
  1. The recipient of a whipping.
  2. Examples:
    1. “I found myself wondering perversely whether Ross was the whipper or the whippee. Or maybe they took turns.”
whipmaker
whipmaking
  1. The manufacture of whips.
whipstock
  1. The stock (rigid handle) of a whip.
  2. Examples:
    1. “But the young man said nothing further as he wrapped the lines around the whipstock and began to climb down.”
      “The effort brought on a fit of coughing, which was still shaking him, when a whipstock rapped upon the door.”
      “They halted and David drew up, winding the reins about the whipstock and pulling off his buckskin glove.”
whippiness
  1. The state or condition of being whippy.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “All I looked for was a straight stick with a good tip, and the thought of shaft stiffness or whippiness never crossed my mind.”
      “Polo players have individual preferences for the amount of whippiness they need to properly time the hitting of a polo ball.”
      “The beauty of this design is that it allows you to control the point, without any wobble or whippiness.”
whipstalk
  1. Alternative form of whipstock
whipcrack
  1. The crack of a whip.
  2. Examples:
    1. “He listened to shells whistle by and the whipcrack of machine-gun bullets.”
whipman
  1. Someone who uses a whip.
  2. Synonyms:
whipsman
  1. Someone who uses a whip.
  2. Synonyms:
whipcracks
  1. plural of whipcrack
whipstalks
  1. plural of whipstalk
whipmakers
  1. plural of whipmaker
whipsticks
  1. plural of whipstick
whipstocks
  1. plural of whipstock
whipsmen
whippings
  1. plural of whipping
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  3. Examples:
    1. “She had a whole range of interesting scars across her back from his whippings.”
      “Ministry of Interior officials were responsible for most incidents of abuse of prisoners, including beatings, whippings, and sleep deprivation.”
      “These were not only lynching photos, but brutal whippings, and they also burned blacks alive.”
whipmen
whippees
  1. plural of whippee
whippers
whips
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