Word Finder - whips

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A lash; a pliant, flexible instrument, such as a rod (commonly of cane or rattan) or a plaited or braided rope or thong (commonly of leather) used to create a sharp "crack" sound for directing or herding animals.

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I had to use the whip to get the sheep's attention.

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A blow administered with a whip.

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A whipper-in.

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A member of a political party who is in charge of enforcing the party's policies in votes.

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I was going to vote against the bill, but the party whip came to see me and made it clear I needed to vote for it.

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(UK politics, with definite article) A document distributed weekly to MPs by party whips informing them of upcoming votes in parliament.

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Whipped cream.

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Did you want to add some whip to your coffee, ma'am?

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A purchase in which one block is used to gain a 2:1 mechanical advantage.

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A mode of personal motorized transportation; an automobile, all makes and models including motorcycles, excluding public transportation.

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Come on, let's take my whip so we can get there in time.

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A move in which one player transfers momentum to another.

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A whipping motion; a thrashing about.

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I was startled by the whip of the rope when it finally snapped.

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The quality of being whiplike or flexible; suppleness, as of the shaft of a golf club.

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Any of various pieces that operate with a quick vibratory motion

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A coach driver; a coachman.

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To hit with a whip.

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The rider whipped the horse.

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(by extension) To hit with any flexible object.

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I whipped her with a newspaper.

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To defeat, as in a contest or game.

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To mix in a rapid aerating fashion, especially food.

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to whip eggs or cream

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To urge into action or obedience.

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He whipped the department into shape.

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To enforce a member voting in accordance with party policy.

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To bind the end of a rope with twine or other small stuff to prevent its unlaying: fraying or unravelling.

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To hoist or purchase by means of a whip.

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To sew lightly; specifically, to form (a fabric) into gathers by loosely overcasting the rolled edge and drawing up the thread.

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to whip a ruffle

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To throw or kick an object at a high velocity.

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He whipped the ball at me.

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To fish a body of water especially by making repeated casts.

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To snap back and forth like a whip.

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The pennants whipped in the wind.

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To move very fast.

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The wind whipped through the valley.

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To move (something) very fast; often with up, out, etc.

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To transfer momentum from one skater to another.

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To lash with sarcasm, abuse, etc.

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To thrash; to beat out, as grain, by striking.

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to whip wheat

Secondly, since the removal of most hereditary peers in 1999, party whips have become more forthright.

The town was an important coaching centre, and there was a large local industry in the manufacture of whips.

The young shoots, being flexible and tough, are employed in France as whips.

At the same time the government's tenure of office was obviously drawing to its close; the usual interpretation of the Septennial Act involved a dissolution either in 1905 or 1906, and the government whips found increased difficulty in keeping a majority at Westminster, since neither the pronounced Chamberlainites nor the convinced free-trade Unionists showed any zeal, and a large number of the uncertain Unionists did not intend to stand again for parliament.

Look at his arrogant swagger as he whips his floppy hair across his brow.

The reefs are composed of finger corals and brain corals covered with colorful sponges, hydroids, sea whips and sea fans.

The wreck is covered with black coral trees, sea whips & stinging hydroids.

But they were more swayed by the party whips and not rebellious enough to throw out the bill.

At Lobster Hole there are southern stingrays, nurse sharks, sea fans and sea whips, and loads of lobster.

Will the Whips try to strangle independence on the new select committees by putting party stooges in as chairs.

He is tall and handsome, with an arrogant swagger as he whips his floppy hair across his brow.

The dense fog clears slowly, then whips away to reveal a wall of stark, dazzling whiteness.

At last the men mounted, and, as they say in the old songs, away went the steeds with bridles ringing and whips cracking and hounds racing ahead, and away went the champion hunters "with hark and whoop and wild halloo!"

Whips cracked, hoofs slipped, traces broke, and lungs were strained with shouting.

Nicholas standing in a fallow field could see all his whips.

He saw the whips in their red caps galloping along the edge of the ravine, he even saw the hounds, and was expecting a fox to show itself at any moment on the ryefield opposite.

Nicholas sent the man to call Natasha and Petya to him, and rode at a footpace to the place where the whips were getting the hounds together.

The huntsman stood halfway up the knoll holding up his whip and the gentlefolk rode up to him at a footpace; the hounds that were far off on the horizon turned away from the hare, and the whips, but not the gentlefolk, also moved away.

With screams squeals, and waving of whips that caused even the shaft horses to gallop--the other sleighs followed.

At the top of the steps is a long branch from a rose bush, which whips across the face in a wind.

Wheels clash, whips crack and magic sizzles in the air but tactics also play a part.

Just then the noise of cracking whips and yelping dogs was heard outside.

When he whips fireballs at you, dodge them.

In Rush, you play an awesome street racer named Trikz who has amassed a swanky mansion, tons of street rods (called Whips), and super-hot pixel babes.

Lots of laces and thigh-high styles can really give the standard "whips and chains" look an exciting push to the extreme.

Just as she whips the Biggest Loser contestants into shape in a short period of time, Michaels will use her style of tough love to show these families how to shape up.

Once you're inside, the chef whips up your food with all the subtlety of a typhoon.

Though whips and chains wouldn't have gotten him to admit it, he was so insanely jealous of his brother's moment of glory he would have sold his soul and auctioned wife Ginger to have done the same damn thing.

So early as 1834 it seemed as though the struggle would be renewed; for Mehemet Ali had extended to his new pashaliks his system of monopolies and conscription, and the Syrians, finding that they had exchanged Turkish whips for Egyptian scorpions, rose in a passion of revolt.

We have no clear information about the mind of the Flagellants, who in 1259, and again in 1 349, swarmed through the streets of European cities, naked and thrashing themselves, till the blood ran, with leather thongs and iron whips.