Meaning of whip In English

• 0 a piece of leather or rope that is fastened to a stick, used for hitting animals or people:

  • She lashed the horses mercilessly with her long whip.

  • The lion-tamer cracked his whip.

• 1 (in many elected political systems) a member of a political party in a parliament or in the legislature whose job is to make certain that other party members are present at voting time and also to make certain that they vote in a particular way:

  • Hargreaves is the MP who got into trouble with his party's chief whip for opposing the tax reform.

  • In 1970 he defied the three-line (= most urgent) whip against EC membership.

• 2 a sweet food made from cream or beaten egg mixed together with fruit

• 3 a car:

  • He got a new whip.

• 4 to bring or take something quickly:

  • She whipped a handkerchief out of her pocket and wiped his face.

  • He whipped the covers off the bed.

  • I was going to pay but before I knew it he'd whipped out his credit card.

  • They whipped my plate away before I'd even finished.

  • The wind whipped across the half-frozen lake.

  • A fierce, freezing wind whipped torrential rain into their faces.

• 5 to beat food, especially cream, with a special piece of equipment in order to make it thick and firm:

  • Could you whip the cream for me?

  • Try whipping a little brandy or other liqueur into the cream.

  • Top with whipped cream and a sprinkle of sugar.

• 6 to hit a person or animal with a whip:

  • I don't like the way the drivers whip their horses.

• 7 to defeat a person or a team in a competition, especially in a sport:

  • They beat us last time, but we whipped them in a rematch.

  • He whipped him in their fight two years ago.

• 8 to steal something

• 9 a piece of leather or rope fastened to a stick, used to train and control animals or, esp. in the past, to hit people:

  • The trainer cracked his whip, and the lions sat in a circle.

• 10 an elected representative of a political party in a legislature whose job is to gather support from other legislators (= law makers) for particular legislation and to encourage them to vote the way their party wants them to

• 11 to bring or take (something) quickly, or to move quickly:

  • [ M ] They whipped my plate away before I’d even finished.

  • [ M ] Bill whipped out his harmonica.

  • [ I ] The wind whipped around the corner of the building.

• 12 to beat cream, eggs, potatoes, etc., with a special utensil in order to make it thick and soft:

  • I still need to whip the cream for the pie.

• 13 to hit a person with a whip, esp. for punishment, or to hit an animal with a whip in order to control it or make it move more quickly:

  • To train them, owners often whip their pit bulls.

  • fig. Dallas whipped Buffalo 52 to 17 (= beat them by this score).