Found 4 items, similar to whip.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: whip cambuk
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: whip banat, cambuk, cambukan, cemeti, kusir, membersitkan, mencemiti, mendera, menyabet
English → English (WordNet) Definition: whip whip n 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 [syn: party whip] 3: a dessert made of sugar and stiffly beaten egg whites or cream and usually flavored with fruit 4: (golf) the flexibility of the shaft of a golf club 5: a quick blow with a whip [syn: lash, whiplash] [also: whipping, whipped] whip v 1: beat severely with a whip or rod; “The teacher often flogged the students”; “The children were severely trounced” [syn: flog, welt, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce] 2: defeat thoroughly; “He mopped up the floor with his opponents” [syn: 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” [syn: lash] 5: whip with or as if with a wire whisk; “whisk the eggs” [syn: whisk] 6: subject to harsh criticism; “The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday”; “the professor scaled the students”; “your invectives scorched the community” [syn: blister, scald] [also: whipping, whipped]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Whip Whip \Whip\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Whipped; p. pr. & vb. n. Whipping.] [OE. whippen to overlay, as a cord, with other cords, probably akin to G. & D. wippen to shake, to move up and down, Sw. vippa, Dan. vippe to swing to and fro, to shake, to toss up, and L. vibrare to shake. Cf. Vibrate.] [1913 Webster] 1. 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. [1913 Webster] 2. To drive with lashes or strokes of a whip; to cause to rotate by lashing with a cord; as, to whip a top. [1913 Webster] 3. 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. [1913 Webster] Who, for false quantities, was whipped at school. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 4. To apply that which hurts keenly to; to lash, as with sarcasm, abuse, or the like; to apply cutting language to. [1913 Webster] They would whip me with their fine wits. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 5. To thrash; to beat out, as grain, by striking; as, to whip wheat. [1913 Webster] 6. To beat (eggs, cream, or the like) into a froth, as with a whisk, fork, or the like. [1913 Webster] 7. To conquer; to defeat, as in a contest or game; to beat; to surpass. [Slang, U. S.] [1913 Webster] 8. 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. [1913 Webster] Its string is firmly whipped about with small gut. --Moxon. [1913 Webster] 9. 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. [1913 Webster] In half-whipped muslin needles useless lie. --Gay. [1913 Webster] 10. To take or move by a sudden motion; to jerk; to snatch; -- with into, out, up, off, and the like. [1913 Webster] She, in a hurry, whips up her darling under her arm. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster] He whips out his pocketbook every moment, and writes descriptions of everything he sees. --Walpole. [1913 Webster] 11. (Naut.) (a) To hoist or purchase by means of a whip. (b) To secure the end of (a rope, or the like) from untwisting by overcasting it with small stuff. [1913 Webster] 12. To fish (a body of water) with a rod and artificial fly, the motion being that employed in using a whip. [1913 Webster] Whipping their rough surface for a trout. --Emerson. [1913 Webster] To whip in, to drive in, or keep from scattering, as hounds in a hurt; hence, to collect, or to keep together, as member of a party, or the like. To whip the cat. (a) To practice extreme parsimony. [Prov. Eng.] --Forby. (b) To go from house to house working by the day, as itinerant tailors and carpenters do. [Prov. & U. S.] [1913 Webster] Whip \Whip\, n. [OE. whippe. See Whip, v. t.] [1913 Webster] 1. 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] whip's lash.'' --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] In his right hand he holds a whip, with which he is supposed to drive the horses of the sun. --Addison. [1913 Webster] 2. A coachman; a driver of a carriage; as, a good whip. --Beaconsfield. [1913 Webster] 3. (Mach.) (a) One of the arms or frames of a windmill, on which the sails are spread. (b) The length of the arm reckoned from the shaft. [1913 Webster] 4. (Naut.) (a) A small tackle with a single rope, used to hoist light bodies. (b) The long pennant. See Pennant (a) [1913 Webster] 5. A huntsman who whips in the hounds; whipper-in. [1913 Webster] 6. (Eng. Politics) (a) 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. (b) 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. [1913 Webster] 7. A whipping motion; a thrashing about; as, the whip of a tense rope or wire which has suddenly parted; also, the quality of being whiplike or flexible; flexibility; suppleness, as of the shaft of a golf club. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 8. (Mech.) Any of various pieces that operate with a quick vibratory motion, as a spring in certain electrical devices for making a circuit, or a rocking certain piano actions. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Whip and spur, with the utmost haste. Whip crane, or Whip purchase, a simple form of crane having a small drum from which the load is suspended, turned by pulling on a rope wound around larger drum on the same axle. Whip gin. See Gin block, under 5th Gin. Whip grafting. See under Grafting. Whip hand, the hand with which the whip is used; hence, advantage; mastery; as, to have or get the whip hand of a person. --Dryden. Whip ray (Zo["o]l.), the European eagle ray. See under Ray. Whip roll (Weaving), a roll or bar, behind the reeds in a loom, on which the warp threads rest. Whip scorpion (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of arachnids belonging to Thelyphonus and allied genera. They somewhat resemble true scorpions, but have a long, slender bristle, or lashlike organ, at the end of the body, instead of a sting. Whip snake (Zo["o]l.), any one of various species of slender snakes. Specifically: (a) A bright green South American tree snake (Philodryas viridissimus ) having a long and slender body. It is not venomous. Called also emerald whip snake. (b) The coachwhip snake. [1913 Webster] Whip \Whip\, v. i. To move nimbly; to start or turn suddenly and do something; to whisk; as, he whipped around the corner. [1913 Webster] With speed from thence he whipped. --Sackville. [1913 Webster] Two friends, traveling, met a bear upon the way; the one whips up a tree, and the other throws himself flat upon the ground. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster]