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1. Beat severely with a whip or rod
   - flog, welt, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce
    
2. Defeat thoroughly
   - worst, pip, mop up, rack up
    
3. Thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash
   "The tall grass whipped in the wind"
    
4. Strike as if by whipping
   "The curtain whipped her face"
   - lash
    
5. Whip with or as if with a wire whisk
   - whisk
    
6. Subject to harsh criticism
   - blister, scald

1. An instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping
    
2. A legislator appointed by the party to enforce discipline
   - party whip
    
3. A dessert made of sugar and stiffly beaten egg whites or cream and usually flavoured with fruit
    
4. (golf) the flexibility of the shaft of a golf club
    
5. A quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
   "the whip raised a red welt"
   - lash, whiplash

Derived forms: whipped, whipping, whips

See also: whip up, whiplike, whipper, whipping

Type of: afters, assail, assault, attack, beat, beat out, beat up, blow, convulse, crush, dessert, flexibility, flexibleness, instrument, jactitate, lash out, legislator, round, scramble, shell, slash, snipe, strike, sweet, thrash, thrash about, thresh, thresh about, toss, trounce, vanquish, work over

Encyclopedia: Whip