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I UK [wɪp] / US / US [hwɪp] noun
Word forms "whip":
singular whip plural whips

1) [countable] a long thin piece of leather with a handle on one end, used for making horses move faster or for hitting someone

Most of the riders carried whips.

crack a whip (= move the whip quickly to make a sudden loud sound):

He cracked his whip over the horse's shoulder.

2)

a) [countable] an official in a political party whose job is to make certain that other members go where they are needed and that they vote in the correct way

the Conservative chief whip

b) an official order to members of a political party to go to a particular debate and vote

3) [uncountable] a sweet soft food made with cream and flavours or fruit

There's chocolate whip for dessert.

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- the whip hand

See:

crack I

II UK [wɪp] / US / US [hwɪp] verb
Word forms "whip":
present tense I/you/we/they whip he/she/it whips present participle whipping past tense whipped past participle whipped

1) [transitive] to hit someone with a whip

Ted whipped his horse and galloped away.

A man was being whipped and beaten in the next room.

2) [intransitive] to move somewhere very fast

whip around/into/past etc something:

A cold wind was whipping across the water.

I whipped round the corner.

a) [transitive] to move something somewhere very fast

The wind whipped her hair into her eyes.

Ferguson whipped the ball across the court.

b) [transitive] to remove something or take something from somewhere very fast

whip something out/off:

Smiling, he whipped out his wallet.

They whipped off their shirts and dived into the pool.

I whipped the film out of the camera.

3) [transitive] to mix a food very quickly in order to put air into it

Whip the cream lightly.

4) [transitive] informal to steal something

He just whipped my pen!

Phrasal verbs:

- whip into

- whip through

- whip up

See:

shape I