- 1[transitive] whip somebody/something to hit a person or an animal hard with a whip, as a punishment or to make them go faster or work harder
- 2[intransitive, transitive] to move, or make something move, quickly and suddenly or violently in a particular direction + adv./prep. A branch whipped across the car window. Her hair whipped around her face in the wind. whip something The waves were being whipped by 50 mile an hour winds.
- 3[transitive] whip something + adv./prep. to remove or pull something quickly and suddenly She whipped the mask off her face. The man whipped out a knife.
- 4[transitive] to stir cream, etc. very quickly until it becomes stiff whip something Serve the pie with whipped cream. whip something up Whip the egg whites up into stiff peaks. picture at cooking
- 5[transitive] whip somebody/something (informal) to defeat someone very easily in a game The team whipped its opponents by 35 points. Canada whipped the U.S. at the Olympics. synonym thrash Idioms
whip
verbNAmE//wɪp//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they whip he / she / it whips
past simple whipped
-ing form whipping
to train someone so that they do a particular job, task, etc. well It took him just two weeks to whip the new recruits into shape. Phrasal Verbswhip throughwhip up
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