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whipping
To hit with a whip.
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verb
To hit with a whip.
“The rider whipped the horse.”
(by extension) To hit with any flexible object.
“I whipped her with a newspaper.”
To defeat, as in a contest or game.
To mix in a rapid aerating fashion, especially food.
“to whip eggs or cream”
To urge into action or obedience.
“He whipped the department into shape.”
To enforce a member voting in accordance with party policy.
To bind the end of a rope with twine or other small stuff to prevent its unlaying: fraying or unravelling.
To hoist or purchase by means of a whip.
To sew lightly; specifically, to form (a fabric) into gathers by loosely overcasting the rolled edge and drawing up the thread.
“to whip a ruffle”
To throw or kick an object at a high velocity.
“He whipped the ball at me.”
To fish a body of water especially by making repeated casts.
To snap back and forth like a whip.
“The pennants whipped in the wind.”
To move very fast.
“The wind whipped through the valley.”
To move (something) very fast; often with up, out, etc.
To transfer momentum from one skater to another.
To lash with sarcasm, abuse, etc.
To thrash; to beat out, as grain, by striking.
“to whip wheat”
noun
The punishment of being whipped.
A heavy defeat; a thrashing.
A cooking technique in which air is incorporated into cream etc.
A cord or thread used to lash or bind something.
(whipping) The lashing of the end of a rope. (FM 55-501).
The sewing of the edges of single leaves in sections by overcasting the thread.
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The rider whipped the horse.
I whipped her with a newspaper.
to whip eggs or cream
He whipped the department into shape.
to whip a ruffle
He whipped the ball at me.
The pennants whipped in the wind.
The wind whipped through the valley.
to whip wheat
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