whip

Pronunciation

• enPR: wĭp, IPA ^(key): /wɪp/
• enPR: hwĭp, IPA ^(key): /ʍɪp/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

Singular whip

Plural whips

A whip

1. (countable) A whip is a long, thin leather instrument. A person uses it, with very quick motion, to give pain. A person uses it on a horse or another person as punishment.

   When the horse sees the whip in the person's hand, the horse gets scared and runs far away.

2. (countable) (politics) A whip is a member of a political party who is in charge of enforcing the party's policies in votes.

Verb

Plain form whip

Third-person singular whips

Past tense whipped

Past participle whipped

Present participle whipping

1. (transitive) If you whip something, you hit it with a whip.

   Jockeys whip horses to make them go faster.

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