Definition/Meaning of whip

• English - Noun: whip ( plural whips ) 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 Same instrument used to strike a person or animal for corporal punishment or torture . ( hunting ) A whipper-in. 1928 , Siegfried Sassoon, Memoirs of a…
• English - Verb: whip ( third-person singular simple present whips , present participle whipping , simple past and past participle whipped ) ( transitive ) To hit with a whip . The rider whipped the horse . ( transitive ) By extension , to hit with any flexible object . I whipped her with a newspaper . ( transitive , slang ) To defeat , as in a contest or game . 2008 , Edward Keating , The Joy of Ex: A Novel She…
• English - Etymology: From Middle English hwippen or whippen . Middle High German wipfen , wepfen and Middle Dutch wippen ( “ to move quickly ” ), possibly all from a Proto-Germanic *wip . Some similarity to Sanskrit root वेप् ( vep ), Latin vibrō ( “ I shake ” ). (See Swedish vippa and Danish vippe ( “ to shake ” )).
• English - Pronunciation: enPR: wĭp , IPA (key) : /wɪp/ Rhymes: -ɪp enPR: hwĭp , IPA (key) : /ʍɪp/
• English - References: Samuel Johnson , John Walker , Robert S . Jameson: 1828. A dictionary of the English language 2nd edition . Publisher: William Pickering , 1828. 831 pages . Page 818. Google Public Domain Books : [[1]]