whip up

If you prepare something this way, you make it quickly, especially a meal.

• I can whip up lunch.
• She whipped up a salad before we left.
• Could you whip something up for the children?

How to use it: whip up something (I can whip up a quick soup.); whip something up (Give me ten minutes to whip something up.)

Similar words: make, prepare, rustle up

Common phrases: whip up dinner, whip up something, whip up lunch

Make people feel strong excitement, anger, or support for something.

• The speech whipped up anger.
• They are trying to whip up support for the plan.
• Her performance whipped the crowd up into a frenzy.

How to use it: whip up something (The campaign whipped up public anger.); whip someone up into something (The speaker whipped the audience up into a frenzy.)

Similar words: stir up, arouse, rouse

Opposites: calm

Common phrases: whip up support, whip up anger, whip up enthusiasm

Beat a liquid quickly to make it light and full of small air bubbles.

• Whip up the cream first.
• He whipped up the egg whites in a clean bowl.
• Can this mixer whip up cream?

How to use it: whip up something (Whip up the cream until it holds its shape.)

Similar words: whip, beat

Common phrases: whip up cream, whip up egg whites

Lift or grab something suddenly and quickly.

• He whipped up his hat.
• She whipped the child up into her arms.
• I whipped up my bag and hurried outside.

How to use it: whip something up (She whipped her bag up from the floor.)

Similar words: snatch up, scoop up

Common phrases: whip up something, whip up someone