To Whip
- (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.
- (transitive, intransitive) 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.
| Synonyms |
(to move very fast): flail
thrash
thresh