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whipping

verb noun

To hit with a whip.

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Word Facts

Word length
8
Starts with
W
Ends with
G
Contains
HI
Scrabble score
19
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

How it sounds

Pronunciation

/ˈwɪpɪŋ/

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Meaning

Definitions

verb

  1. To hit with a whip.

    “The rider whipped the horse.”

  2. (by extension) To hit with any flexible object.

    “I whipped her with a newspaper.”

  3. To defeat, as in a contest or game.

  4. To mix in a rapid aerating fashion, especially food.

    “to whip eggs or cream”

  5. To urge into action or obedience.

    “He whipped the department into shape.”

  6. To enforce a member voting in accordance with party policy.

  7. To bind the end of a rope with twine or other small stuff to prevent its unlaying: fraying or unravelling.

  8. To hoist or purchase by means of a whip.

  9. 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”

  10. To throw or kick an object at a high velocity.

    “He whipped the ball at me.”

  11. To fish a body of water especially by making repeated casts.

  12. To snap back and forth like a whip.

    “The pennants whipped in the wind.”

  13. To move very fast.

    “The wind whipped through the valley.”

  14. To move (something) very fast; often with up, out, etc.

  15. To transfer momentum from one skater to another.

  16. To lash with sarcasm, abuse, etc.

  17. To thrash; to beat out, as grain, by striking.

    “to whip wheat”

noun

  1. The punishment of being whipped.

  2. A heavy defeat; a thrashing.

  3. A cooking technique in which air is incorporated into cream etc.

  4. A cord or thread used to lash or bind something.

  5. (whipping) The lashing of the end of a rope. (FM 55-501).

  6. The sewing of the edges of single leaves in sections by overcasting the thread.

In context

Example Sentences

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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