whip
51whip — v 1. lash, switch, birch, scourge, flog, flagellate; horsewhip, cowhide, curry, strap, flail, Sl. belt; spank, thrash, thresh, Inf. trim, Inf. lace, Inf. tan [s.o. s] hide, Inf. whale, Inf. whale the tar out of, Brit. Dial. yerk; strike, hit,… …
52whip up — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms whip up : present tense I/you/we/they whip up he/she/it whips up present participle whipping up past tense whipped up past participle whipped up 1) to encourage strong emotions or behaviour in people Newspaper …
53whip — [wɪp] noun [C] I 1) a long thin piece of leather with a handle on one end that is used for making horses move faster 2) someone in a political party whose job is to make certain that other members are present and vote in the correct way when they …
54whip — Hahau, hau, uhau, uwepa, uepa, huipa, uwī uwī; wili mawaho (as in sewing machines). Flexible hand whip, uwepa kiani. To whip, hahau, hau, uhau, haua, hili, hilikua; kāwelowelo (as a flag in the wind). To whip gently or pretend to… …
55whip — The name given to officials who manage the supporters of their party in a legislature. The term derives from the whipper in’ of English hunting parlance, whose role it is to keep the pack together in chasing its quarry. The whips are key… …
56whip up — 1) PHRASAL VERB If someone whips up an emotion, especially a dangerous one such as hatred, or if they whip people up into an emotional state, they deliberately cause and encourage people to feel that emotion. [V P n (not pron)] He accused… …
57whip — hwɪp /w n. switch, rod; lash of a whip; object resembling a whip; one who keeps the order in a legislative body; call to vote; instrument for whipping eggs; dish made of whipped egg whites; quality of flexibility (Sports) v. strike with a whip,… …
58whip up — phr verb Whip up is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑wind Whip up is used with these nouns as the object: ↑hysteria, ↑support …
59whip — [13] Whip was originally a verb, meaning ‘move quickly’. It was probably borrowed from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch wippen ‘vacillate, swing’, which in turn went back to the prehistoric Germanic base *wip ‘move quickly’ (source also of… …
60whip — 1. noun he would use a whip on his dogs Syn: lash, scourge, strap, belt, rod, bullwhip; historical cat o nine tails 2. verb 1) he whipped the boy Syn: flog, scourge, flagellate, lash, strap, belt …
