whip

A long, thin piece of leather or rope with a handle, used to hit or guide animals.

• The rider carried a whip.
• He cracked his whip above the cattle.
• Two old whips hung beside the saddle.

Similar words: lash

Common phrases: leather whip, crack a whip, carry a whip, use a whip

A long, thin strip of leather on a handle, used to hit people or animals.

• He held a leather whip.
• The rider cracked her whip in the air.
• The guard threatened the prisoners with a whip.

Similar words: lash

Common phrases: leather whip, crack a whip, riding whip

A party official who makes sure its members attend votes and vote as the party wants.

• The party whip counted the votes.
• Two whips asked members to support the bill.
• She became chief whip after the election.

Similar words: whipper-in

Common phrases: party whip, chief whip

To beat food quickly so that air enters it and it becomes light and thick.

• Whip the cream in a bowl.
• She whipped the eggs until they were light.
• Can you whip some cream for the cake?

Similar words: beat, whisk

Common phrases: whip cream, whip the eggs

To hit a person or animal with a long piece of leather or rope.

• The rider whipped the horse.
• Prisoners were whipped for refusing to work.
• The cruel guard threatened to whip him again.

Similar words: lash, flog

Common phrases: whip a horse, whip someone

To push someone strongly to work, act, or follow orders.

• The coach whipped the team into action.
• She soon whipped the department into shape.
• The manager kept whipping us along as the deadline approached.

How to use it: whip someone/something into something (The new director whipped the staff into action.)

Similar words: drive, spur, urge

Common phrases: whip into shape, whip into action, whip someone along