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whip

(/hw//I/p )

an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping(noun.artifact)

source: wordnet30
a legislator appointed by the party to enforce discipline(noun.person)

Synonym:
party whip

source: wordnet30
a dessert made of sugar and stiffly beaten egg whites or cream and usually flavored with fruit(noun.food)

source: wordnet30
(golf) the flexibility of the shaft of a golf club(noun.attribute)

source: wordnet30
a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object(noun.act)

Example:
The whip raised a red welt.

Synonym:
lash, whiplash

source: wordnet30
An instrument or driving horses or other animals, or for correction, consisting usually of a lash attached to a handle, or of a handle and lash so combined as to form a flexible rod.(noun)

source: webster1913
A whipping motion; a thrashing about; as, the whip of a tense rope or wire which has suddenly parted; also, the quality of being whiplike or flexible; flexibility; suppleness, as of the shaft of a golf club.(noun)

source: webster1913

beat severely with a whip or rod(verb.contact)

Synonym:
flog, lash, lather, slash, strap, trounce, welt

source: wordnet30
defeat thoroughly(verb.competition)

Synonym:
mop up, pip, rack up, worst

source: wordnet30
thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash(verb.motion)

Example:
The tall grass whipped in the wind.

source: wordnet30
strike as if by whipping(verb.contact)

Example:
The curtain whipped her face.

Synonym:
lash

source: wordnet30
whip with or as if with a wire whisk(verb.contact)

Synonym:
whisk

source: wordnet30
subject to harsh criticism(verb.communication)

Synonym:
blister, scald

source: wordnet30
To strike with a lash, a cord, a rod, or anything slender and lithe; to lash; to beat; as, to whip a horse, or a carpet.(verb)

source: webster1913
To move nimbly; to start or turn suddenly and do something; to whisk; as, he whipped around the corner.(verb)

source: webster1913