1. whip - Noun
2. whip - Verb
To strike with a lash, a cord, a rod, or anything slender and lithe; to lash; to beat; as, to whip a horse, or a carpet.
To drive with lashes or strokes of a whip; to cause to rotate by lashing with a cord; as, to whip a top.
To punish with a whip, scourge, or rod; to flog; to beat; as, to whip a vagrant; to whip one with thirty nine lashes; to whip a perverse boy.
To apply that which hurts keenly to; to lash, as with sarcasm, abuse, or the like; to apply cutting language to.
To thrash; to beat out, as grain, by striking; as, to whip wheat.
To beat (eggs, cream, or the like) into a froth, as with a whisk, fork, or the like.
To conquer; to defeat, as in a contest or game; to beat; to surpass.
To overlay (a cord, rope, or the like) with other cords going round and round it; to overcast, as the edge of a seam; to wrap; -- often with about, around, or over.
To sew lightly; specifically, to form (a fabric) into gathers by loosely overcasting the rolled edge and drawing up the thread; as, to whip a ruffle.
To take or move by a sudden motion; to jerk; to snatch; -- with into, out, up, off, and the like.
To hoist or purchase by means of a whip.
To secure the end of (a rope, or the like) from untwisting by overcasting it with small stuff.
To fish (a body of water) with a rod and artificial fly, the motion being that employed in using a whip.
To move nimbly; to start or turn suddenly and do something; to whisk; as, he whipped around the corner.
An instrument or driving horses or other animals, or for correction, consisting usually of a lash attached to a handle, or of a handle and lash so combined as to form a flexible rod.
A coachman; a driver of a carriage; as, a good whip.
One of the arms or frames of a windmill, on which the sails are spread.
The length of the arm reckoned from the shaft.
A small tackle with a single rope, used to hoist light bodies.
The long pennant. See Pennant (a)
A huntsman who whips in the hounds; whipper-in.
A person (as a member of Parliament) appointed to enforce party discipline, and secure the attendance of the members of a Parliament party at any important session, especially when their votes are needed.
A call made upon members of a Parliament party to be in their places at a given time, as when a vote is to be taken.
Source: Webster's dictionaryJust as the winds whip up the sea, so does anger stir confusion in the mind. John Climacus
For the man sound in body and serene of mind there is no such thing as bad weather; every sky has its beauty, and storms which whip the blood do but make it pulse more vigorously. George Gissing
Those who put blinders on their eyes should remember that the set also includes bridle and a whip. Stanisław Jerzy Lec
Do not call to a dog with a whip in your hand. African Zulu Proverb
The tongue of men is the whip of God. Persian Proverb
Whip the saddle and give the mule something to think about it. Bulgarian Proverb