How to pronounce “whip”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• A lash; a pliant, flexible instrument, such as a rod (commonly of cane or rattan) or a plaited or braided rope or thong (commonly of leather) used to create a sharp "crack" sound for directing or herding animals.
• A blow administered with a whip.
• (hunting) A whipper-in.
• (politics) A member of a political party who is in charge of enforcing the party's policies in votes.
• (UK politics, with definite article) A document distributed weekly to MPs by party whips informing them of upcoming votes in parliament.
• (UK politics, by extension) The regular status of an MP within a parliamentary party, which can be revoked by the party as a disciplinary measure.
• Whipped cream.
• (nautical) A purchase in which one block is used to gain a 2:1 mechanical advantage.
• (African-American Vernacular, MTE) A mode of personal motorized transportation; an automobile, all makes and models including motorcycles, excluding public transportation.
• (roller derby) A move in which one player transfers momentum to another.
• A whipping motion; a thrashing about.
• The quality of being whiplike or flexible; suppleness, as of the shaft of a golf club.
• Any of various pieces that operate with a quick vibratory motion
• (historical) A coach driver; a coachman.
• [Verb]
• (transitive) To hit with a whip.
• (transitive, by extension) To hit with any flexible object.
• (transitive, slang) To defeat, as in a contest or game.
• (transitive) To mix in a rapid aerating fashion, especially food.
• (transitive) To urge into action or obedience.
• (transitive, politics) To enforce a member voting in accordance with party policy.
• (transitive, nautical) To bind the end of a rope with twine or other small stuff to prevent its unlaying: fraying or unravelling.
• (transitive, nautical) 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.
• (transitive) To throw or kick an object at a high velocity.
• (ambitransitive) To fish a body of water especially by making repeated casts.
• (intransitive) To snap back and forth like a whip.
• (intransitive) To move very fast.
• (transitive) To move (something) very fast; often with up, out, etc.
• (transitive, roller derby) To transfer momentum from one skater to another.
• (figurative) To lash with sarcasm, abuse, etc.
• To thrash; to beat out, as grain, by striking.

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