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Definition of whip in English:

whip

nounPlural whips wɪp(h)wɪp

  • 1A strip of leather or length of cord fastened to a handle, used for flogging or beating a person or for urging on an animal.

    鞭子

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It wasn't very impressive, just a leather whip, but from the looks of it, her father had used it a lot at one time.
    • When she got there, she grabbed the leather whip that was hanging on the wall next to her.
    • He winced in pain as the whip came down upon him again and again.
    • The police brandish leather bats, whips, long sticks and Kalashnikov rifles.
    • The young king let out a cry of surprise and pain as the whip came down on his back.
    • Children no older than you are had to work twelve hours a day for cruel masters, who flogged them with whips if they worked too slowly and fed them on nothing but stale breadcrusts and water.
    • He makes handmade leather belts, whips and other items.
    • Even asking questions in class warranted a lash of the whip.
    • He held a leather whip and pointed to the left and the right.
    • The presiding judge also sentenced the girl to 100 lashes with a whip, despite her claim that she had been raped, he said.
    • It pictures a man holding a whip, and flogging himself with it.
    • In large classrooms on the upper floors of the western buildings, the patrol found heaps of shackles, handcuffs, whips and lengths of chain.
    • Alison ran over to Rachel and saw the slash wounds she had on her legs from the leather whip and the bullet wound in her shoulder.
    • Public attitudes to punishment are revealed by the readiness of juries to acquit parents who have hit their children with whips, canes, riding crops, electric flexes, and belts.
    • In the past farmers scared off elephants by beating drums or cracking whips.
    • One lady dressed in tight black leather and brandishing a whip, insisted on chasing Geoff and me around the dance floor.
    • Her thick fingers clenched around the leather whip at her side, and her face was quickly turning red.
    • Some teachers also punish students by flogging them with whips made of rubber (from strips of old car tires), with heavier canes, or simply by slapping, kicking, or pinching them.
    • The third horse starts to run when it really feels the pain of the whip on its skin.
    • I wouldn't be surprised if they walked around their office wearing tight leather and vinyl with whips and riding crops at their sides.
    • He heard the leather whip hit her back and her curses and prayers to stop echoed in his head.
    • However, we noticed that on three different occasions over a four-day period, Max's sister made jokes about leather outfits and whips.
    • The man brought the whip across her shoulders, eliciting another cry of pain from his captive.
    Synonyms
    lash, scourge, thong, strap, belt
    crop, switch, birch, cane
    historical cat-o'-nine-tails, cat, knout
    1. 1.1 A blow with a whip or similar implement.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • What my father didn't know was that my brother would look after me; if I got the whip, when my dad had left, Jonathan would always clean the blood off my back.
      • The slaves received the whip with more certainty and regularity than they received their food.
    2. 1.2 Used to refer to something causing pain or acting as a stimulus to action.
      〈喻〉鞭策物；刺激物
      the team management had decided to crack the whip on player indiscipline
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He is expected to crack the whip today by telling districts and schools to radically review their programmes.
      • Labour is acting under the whip of both the US and Europe, who have called for Israeli restraint and a resumption of talks.
      • With local authorities falling behind, the Scottish Executive must crack the whip and get things back on track.
      • Bangalore's image will take a beating if the government doesn't crack the whip and get things moving fast.
      • If he thinks that people are being too happy, he's sure to crack the whip.
      • Most projects take as long as they take, although scientists are usually in so much of a hurry to get results that there's no need to crack the whip.
      • Goring knew when to crack the whip and when to ease off; the result was a team that played as hard in April as it did in October.
      • Despite the unions being under the whip of recession and economic restructuring, their battle continues, only becoming more clearly international.
      • And he won't be trying to crack the whip to keep an absurdly wide coalition government together.
      • With a silver ring glinting in his ear, and a fag dripping from the corner of his mouth he comes across as a laid-back guy who finds it hard to crack the whip when necessary.
      • I would crack the whip and get the band all together.
      • Patronage and profit, with occasional touches of the whip, kept wartime Britain in order.
      • Did your co-stars respect your director position or did you have to crack the whip, so to speak?
      • It also wants all broadcasters to provide news content for kids - and if this doesn't happen, it wants the regulator to crack the whip over dumbed-down channels.

  • 2An official of a political party appointed to maintain parliamentary discipline among its members, especially so as to ensure attendance and voting in debates.

    （政党在议会等中有权执行党纪及敦促本党议员出席议会辩论和投票的）组织秘书

    Example sentencesExamples
    • If only people would realise that without the whips, Parliament would cease to function.
    • Annette Rademeyer retained her position as chief whip and Ronnie Dawson was elected as deputy chief whip.
    • Furthermore, the Prime Minister has had no difficulty in finding Parliamentary whips to organise majorities even for the most contentious legislation.
    • But Alun Michael, the rural affairs minister, and the whips gradually persuaded backbench MPs to vote to offer the compromise to peers one more time.
    • Alex Johnstone, the parliamentary whip, said MSPs had only discussed a ‘broad position’.
    • I thank the whips and parties in the House for giving me an assurance that they will support that.
    • He was made chief whip, a position he retained after the 1992 election, having been one of the negotiating team that hammered out the coalition deal with Labour.
    • He will also meet the party whips and will meet the councillors from each local electoral area to explain the new set up and answer any queries they have.
    • Legislative whips from across party lines promised the speaker they would ask their colleagues not to use foreign languages on the legislative floor.
    • Therefore, the pressure party whips can bring onto these politicians is weak.
    • Simon Power sits on the front bench and his colleague on the back bench - the whips cannot even talk to each other in the National Party these days.
    • It is almost certain that a government with a decent Parliamentary majority will win this as the bill represents what that government wants and the party whips will ensure that a smooth vote takes place.
    • Why throw your standing with the whips away for nothing?
    • The Tory peer fully backed up his comments, thus risking being summoned by the Tory whips' office.
    • Is this wishful thinking in the age of spin doctors and party whips?
    • While this was taking place, those other upholders of Parliamentary law - the whips - were being altogether less civilised.
    • The attorney general and the government chief whip also sit at the cabinet table, although they are not formally members of the government.
    • A decline in party discipline and of members' willingness to obey the whips, is one means of restoring influence to the backbenchers.
    • The influence of the party whips needs to be curbed.
    • He is to look at ongoing training for party whips to deal with an attack.
    • He stated that it had been his intention to inform the members following the meeting and that he had informed the party whips earlier that morning.
    • Last Tuesday, 122 Labour MPs defied the party whips and voted against their own government, by far the largest such rebellion in modern British history.
    • It is understood that the party whips may be meeting in advance of the June meeting in an attempt to resolve the issue.
    1. 2.1British A written notice from a whip requesting attendance for voting.
      〈英〉（政党组织秘书发给本党议员要求出席议会辩论投票的）书面通知。参见THREE-LINE WHIP
      See also three-line whip
      Example sentencesExamples
      • One in seven Labour MPs defied the whip by voting against or abstaining.
      • For the ANC, this has allowed us to prepare a one-page Weekly Whip for our Members, informing us exactly when each debate is to take place and whether there is a two or three-line whip.
      • Despite the party whip, 36 Labour MPs voted against the 42-day detention bill.
    2. 2.2the whipBritish Membership of the group of MPs that form the official, elected representation of a particular political party, together with the duties or rights associated with such membership.
      he resigned the Tory whip in protest at mine closures
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The speed of his decision to withdraw the whip reflects the determination of the Tory leader that the party should not be affected by any taint of racism.
      • They resigned the party whip at Westminster last month in protest at party policy.
      • The party's ruling council has been convened to debate disciplinary action against three MPs who have defied party policy and have resigned the whip at Westminster.
      • Norman Fowler, chairman of the Conservative Party, claimed that withdrawing the whip was a bad move because it made the rebels into martyrs.
      • He was stripped of the Conservative whip for expressing a mild opinion about spending cuts.
      • They should withdraw the whip from her immediately.
      • The MPs angered the party leadership in June by resigning the whip at Westminster in a row over policy.
      • As a deputy for North Tipperary his breaking of ranks over the Hanley Report hasn't cost him either his ministry or the party whip.
      • I resigned the whip while the investigation took place and now three months down the line, police have told my lawyer there is no evidence against me.
      • A spokesman for the Conservative party said that since she had had the whip withdrawn from her she could no longer have any of the normal backing given to Conservative MPs.
      • The MPs incurred the wrath of Mr Trimble and his supporters in June when they resigned the whip at Westminster in a policy row.
      • While he continued to enjoy the privilege of the whip he continued to represent and be seen as part of a minority opinion within the Conservative Party, Mr Morris said.
      • The unions say the rebels should be ‘honest enough to resign the whip.’
      • The motion to withdraw the whip would not prejudice her appeal.
      • There was no discussion about me losing the party whip.

  • 3mass noun A dessert consisting of cream or eggs beaten into a light fluffy mass with fruit, chocolate, or other ingredients.

    （用奶油、鸡蛋和水果、巧克力等搅拌而成的）蛋奶水果甜点心

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Learn how to make lemon whip by following this easy recipe.
    • The fritters and walnut whip are now ready to be enjoyed.

  • 4

    short for whipper-in
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The whips go to the covert (a thicket or section of woods where the fox is supposed to be) and watch for the fox to go away, and then they signal the fox's escape from the covert.
    • The ‘whips’ must not allow the hounds to go onto land where hunting is not permitted.

  • 5A slender, unbranched shoot or plant.

    鞭状枝，鞭状植物

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Each spring, bunches of whips grow out of these branches and away from the wall toward the sun.

  • 6North American with modifier A scythe for cutting specified crops.

    〈北美〉（用于割某些庄稼的）长柄大镰刀，钐刀

    a grass whip

    割草镰刀。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Help! My grass is out of control and I will need a grass whip to cut some places that I can't drive my lawn mower.
    • Today I’d like to spend a few minutes discussing what is commonly known as a weed whip or grass trimmer.

  • 7A rope-and-pulley hoisting apparatus.

    定单绞辘

    Example sentencesExamples
    • These whips are exceptionally strong and will not obstruct your waterfront view.
    • You can shorten the pulley whip down to 350mm although most that I know of go to about 400.

  • 8US informal A car.

    I just got new wheels for my whip
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I dropped off my whip for a tune up in March.
    • A change of scenery has the dude driving his whip and heading out on a shopping spree.
    • He parks his whip right in his old neighborhood.
    • He appears to be driving her new whip, as he posted a picture of himself sitting on the Porsche.
    • It's a reminder that I have at my fingertips the ability to make several hundred dollars over the weekend, on my own time, in my own whip.
    • He talks about the financial debacle of paying for his first luxury whip.
    • The sweepstakes offers a student and their guest a ride to and from prom in a luxury whip.
    • I parked my whip in their convenient back lot.
    • It brings your personalized experience to any compatible car, so you have the same experience in a rental as you do in your own whip.
    • This song will sound ill in my whip this summer.
verbwhips, whipping, whipped wɪp(h)wɪp
[with object]

  • 1Beat (a person or animal) with a whip or similar instrument, especially as a punishment or to urge them on.

    鞭打，抽；鞭笞，鞭打责罚（人，动物）

    Lewis whipped the boy twenty times
    Example sentencesExamples
    • When he was on the ground, I started whipping him with the belt that went around my kilt.
    • He never took showers with us after gym class, because he knew we'd whip him with our wet towels.
    • The guards beat him and Lionel Alden whipped him with a bullwhip.
    • They're biting her, cutting her, whipping her, beating her, and she cries and screams but doesn't fight back.
    • We'd fight and then hide once mom started yelling because if we didn't, she'd either slap our bare bottoms with her hand or whip us with a belt.
    • I went off to government boarding schools and there they used to whip you and beat you if you spoke your Indian language.
    • November saw they boy's father saying he never beat his son up, but that he did whip him.
    • ‘Say thank you,’ I said, idly whipping him with the suede strap on my handbag.
    • The Romans captured this slave girl, tied her to a stake, tore open the back of her dress, and started whipping her.
    • But every time my mother would punish me by whipping me with the duster, my father would rush over to shield me.
    • Then he was dipped into a vat of water as he was whipped and beaten before being assaulted with an iron bar.
    • After the match, Daniels took off his belt and whipped the guy hard for screwing up.
    • Later, in front of my entire unit, he told me to lie down on a box and then he whipped me twenty-five times.
    • Jarrett came out and punched Hart, tore off his shirt and started whipping him with a belt.
    • Whenever he does call you a bad name or threatens to whip you or anything else, tell your mom ASAP and have her talk to him and again.
    • Refusing to betray his comrades, he was whipped until ‘his flesh hung in strips’ and branded with hot irons.
    • There they kicked us, beat us, whipped us with electric cables and shocked us with electricity!
    • But after he leaves, the man grabs the boy, reties him to the tree and whips him to within an inch of his life before untying him.
    • ‘Four people pushed me down on the ground and whipped me for 40 minutes,’ he said.
    • He was whipped with a belt if he came in late to work, kicked and verbally abused.
    Synonyms
    flog, scourge, flagellate, lash, birch, switch, tan, strap, belt, cane, thrash, beat, leather, tan/whip someone's hide, give someone a hiding, beat the living daylights out of
    1. 1.1 (of a flexible object or rain or wind) strike or beat violently.
      （柔韧性的物体、雨、风等）拍打；猛打
      the wind whipped their faces

      风猛烈地吹打在他们的脸上。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • He pulled his trenchcoat close around him, as the wind whipped at his hair and clothes.
      • The wind whipped at his hair and clothes, a brisk wind that blew from the Forgotten Mountains.
      • The wind whipped at his clothing, growing stronger by the second.
      • More rain and cold wind whipped at him, and he shivered again.
      • The wind whipped at her back and her hair and the sea spray stung her skin.
      • His hair was constantly being whipped back by the wind, but he didn't mind.
      • The wind whipped the rain into Nicole's face and within seconds she was soaked clear through.
      • They're being whipped by winds of as much as 30 miles an hour.
      • Wet ferns whipped her legs; vines tripped her.
      • They were gone at last, the warm wind whipping her long brown locks as they bounded through the grass.
      • Reeds whipped and choked us.
      • Wind whipped at his face as he fell but it wasn't a cold wind but a warm wind.
      • Those on hand waited eagerly for the choppers as the mist turned to rain and the wind whipped the palm trees that edge the field.
      • He landed about twenty feet away, the resulting gust of wind whipping Andrew's hair in front of him.
      • The wind whipped at the exposed flesh around her neck and the sun heated the dark suede of her jacket, warming her arms.
      • Out in the open sea, whipped by the wind, waves were bursting over the just-submerged reefs.
      • Wind whipped my long, unruly black hair into my eyes, and I spat it out as I climbed into the driver's seat of my father's brand new Lexus.
      • All of the windows were rolled down and the wind whipped at our hair.
      • Her blond hair was being whipped by the wind and behind her black clouds boiled and lightning flashed, or so it seemed to George and the woman.
      • I pulled my cloak a bit tighter as a gust of wind whipped powder snow from a nearby drift and swirled it around us in a chill flurry.
      • There were huge, surging black waves, whipped by a driving wind and crashing in on their small craft.
      • Jason looks around, his pale gold-brown hair whipped by the wind.
      Synonyms
      hit, slap, smack, beat, thrash, spank, thump, thwack, punch, cuff, crack, swat, knock, rap
    2. 1.2informal (of a player or team) defeat (a person or team) heavily in a sporting contest.
      〈非正式〉（选手，运动队）击败；大胜（另一选手，运动队）
      he whipped the Brazilian 6-1, 6-2, 6-3
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Pakistan had whipped the same Malaysian team 6-1 in an earlier league match.
      • Playing soft in practice and hard in games is a lazy man's approach and you will get whipped by the teams that play hard in practice, too.
      • Promoters even brought Jim Jeffries out of retirement in 1910 in the expectation that he would whip Johnson.
      • Even now, no one is talking about how Australia whipped us in the one-day series.
      • Look at our results this season and only two teams have whipped us, the Ospreys and Toulouse.
      • They then whipped Neepawa 14-2 in a five-inning game as Hamm had a nearly perfect game going until the fifth.
      • This may seem ridiculous coming a day after we were whipped 5-2 in New Zealand.
      • Not only were they whipped by a better team but they also showed very little fighting spirit at times and some of the errors had to be seen to be believed.
      • Well, we're getting whipped right now here in Virginia Beach.
      • Not only were the Rockies losing every day, they were getting whipped.
      Synonyms
      trounce, defeat utterly, beat hollow, win a resounding victory over, annihilate, drub, rout, give someone a drubbing, crush, overwhelm, bring someone to their knees

  • 2no object, with adverbial of direction Move fast or suddenly in a specified direction.

    一击；一挥

    he whipped round to face them
    Example sentencesExamples
    • My head whipped up so fast I nearly dropped my notebook.
    • William whipped around each corner, and ambled down short staircases with such ease, it was a wonder that Virginia could keep up with him.
    • As we came around a curve, a speedboat came whipping around the corner, soaking us to the bone.
    • With the top down, Jake and I don't talk much as we whip down the road with nothing more than fields in sight.
    • I was startled, and my head whipped toward the direction of the voice.
    • He reached into his backpack for black nylon rope which he swiftly whipped around the circumference of a nearby chimney.
    • Shelby heard it, and her head whipped around in his direction.
    • He jerked upright, his head whipping around in her direction.
    • She whipped around the last corner and came to a screeching halt in front of his front door.
    • She and I were laughing and joking as the car whipped round curves at 70 mph.
    • Lauren suddenly stood up and whipped around to face him angrily.
    • One of my first days in Hong Kong I came within about an inch of being flattened by a speeding Mercedes Benz that whipped unexpectedly around a corner.
    • Suddenly the man whipped around, raising a gun to her head.
    • Anyway, rant over, because this morning as I whipped down the road to get the Sunday newspapers I walked through my rose garden and discovered the very first rose bloom of spring.
    • People willing to spend about $80 will be able to whip through security at three airport checkpoints.
    Synonyms
    rush, race, run, sprint, bolt, dart, gallop, career, charge, shoot, hurtle, hare, bound, fly, speed, streak, zoom, plunge, dive, whisk, scurry, scuttle, scamper, scramble
    dash, rush, race, run, sprint, bolt, dart, gallop, career, charge, shoot, hurtle, hare, bound, fly, speed, streak, zoom, plunge, dive, whisk, scurry, scuttle, scamper, scramble
    1. 2.1with object and adverbial of direction Take out or move (something) fast or suddenly.
      突然拿出（或移动）
      he whipped out his revolver and shot him

      他突然拔出左轮手枪，对着他就是一枪。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • She lifted her face and whipped away some tears and gave a big sniff.
      • The travel writer who was hosting the lunch suddenly whipped out a picture he had taken of the planes going over his apartment.
      • A thumb lightly whipped away her tears from her cheeks.
      • He grabbed her arms suddenly and whipped her body around, moving her backwards until she was backed up against the wall, trapped.
      • The boys turned back to their bowling game, which as it turned out, was merely a contest to see who could whip the ball fastest down the lane.
      • A young woman suddenly jumped up and whipped out her silver and blue flip phone from her back right pocket, which had abruptly vibrated.
      • She was suddenly aware of a presence beside her, and whipped her head about.
      • Suddenly, she whipped out these huge, thick books.
      • With a self-satisfied flourish, she whipped her iPod out of her pocket and held it in front of my face.
      • The ambassador grabbed me by the wrist and whipped me away to the airport in his chauffeur-driven car.
      • You think you've got past him and suddenly, out they stretch and the ball is whipped away.
      • I doubt I swallowed enough to bother about, but she whipped me off to the hospital.
      • A long low ball from Paudge Cuddy fell into the path of James Hooban and he tapped it past the advancing Liam Aherne before whipping it into an empty net.
      • And to demonstrate he whipped a white tea towel off a rail, and pulled it over his face, while giving a silent scream.
      • She heard a knock at the door, and quickly whipped the tear away.
      • The boy grabbed my shoulder and whipped me around.
      • ‘Oh no you don't,’ he said, taking hold of her shoulder and whipping her around again.
      • I, in turn, whipped my legs off the ground with such speed as to make a drill sergeant weep with joy.
      • Adrian suddenly whipped out his phone and positioned it against my face and declared that he wanted to take a picture of me.
      • ‘I was whipping their water bottles back at them so there was a huge, huge bottle fight going on,’ she says.
      Synonyms
      pull, whisk, snatch, pluck, tug, jerk, remove, take
      produce
      informal yank

  • 3Beat (cream, eggs, or other food) into a froth.

    搅打（奶油、蛋等食物）成糊状

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Using the whipping attachments, whip the sugar and cream until medium stiff peaks are achieved.
    • In a medium mixing bowl, whip the cream until it forms peaks.
    • I whipped the heavy cream into a fluffy cloud, adding three capfuls of vanilla for flavoring.
    • Meanwhile whip the cream with the caster sugar.
    • For the mousseline, in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, whip the heavy cream to soft peaks.
    • For the chive cream, lightly whip the cream with a small pinch of salt and pepper, so that it thickens slightly but is still runny.
    • The recipe she gives us involves whipping the pudding in a blender as the last step.
    • It doesn't take as long a time as you'd think to whip cream with a whisk.
    • Whip about a cup of cream until, well, you know, until it's whipped.
    • You can whip melted chocolate like cream, the fat and the lecithin acting as a stabilizer for the foam.
    • For the filling, lightly whip the cream, then fold in the yoghurt, sugar and rosewater.
    • Macrobiotic food obviously suits him - today he couldn't whip cream.
    • To serve the dessert, whip the cream with the confectioners' sugar.
    • Today he almost managed to make butter when whipping the cream for the strawberries we had for dessert.
    • Lightly whip the cream and fold this in, along with the vanilla essence.
    • It's nice that the potatoes are whipped, piped onto the plate and then broiled quickly to develop a crisp outside before being served.
    • Just before serving, gently whip the double cream, icing sugar and vanilla until it just starts to thicken.
    • Lightly whip the cream into soft peaks, then gently fold it in to achieve the required whipped consistency.
    • Lightly whip the cream until it begins to thicken and fold it into the yoghurt mixture with the vanilla seeds.
    Synonyms
    whisk, beat, mix, stir

  • 4British informal Steal (something)

    〈英，非正式〉偷，窃

    the escaper had whipped his overcoat

    那个逃犯偷走了他的大衣。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Christmas is special in many homes, but not when intruders whip four garden gnomes.
    • What's really annoying, from a sales assistant's point of view is when you look for something on the system and it says it's there, but you can't find it (probably because someone's whipped it) and the customer often then takes it out on you and you end up having a horrible day at work.
    Synonyms
    steal, purloin, thieve, take, take for oneself, help oneself to, loot, pilfer, abscond with, run off with, appropriate, abstract, carry off, shoplift

  • 5Bind (something) with spirally wound twine.

    将细绳缠绕于（某物），用细绳缠绕加固

    the side linings are whipped or hemmed
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The edges are whipped with wool yarns.
    1. 5.1 Sew or gather (something) with overcast stitches.
      锁（边），拷（边），缝边封住…的口
      she began whipping narrow lace along the top of the garment
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Not only did they listen while they mixed cakes or whipped seams, but they often repeated in concert and memorized much of what was read to them.

Phrases

  • when the whips are cracking

    • When the action starts.

      snob he may be, but he's always there when the whips are cracking
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Potentially he could miss one or two weeks, but he'll certainly be available when the whips are cracking.
      • He is a class act and someone who will undoubtedly be there when the whips are cracking.
      • He said he would try to ensure they are there when the whips are cracking.
      • "He's always there when the whips are cracking," Mick said once in admiration.
      • They both have their finger on the pulse of events, and will be there when the whips are cracking.
      • When the whips are cracking, conciliation goes overboard.
      • All going well, she will be there when the whips are cracking next March.
      • "There are two sorts of people," he would say, "those who are around when the whips are cracking and those who are not."
      • He will probably be offside when the whips are cracking.
      • He's very ambitious and some people think he's arrogant, but he will always be there when the whips are cracking.

  • the whip hand

    • A position of power or control over someone.

      支配地位，控制地位；优势

      he had the whip hand over other members of the cabinet
      Example sentencesExamples
      • As you can imagine the bowlers held the whip hand.
      • Certainly, the two former groups appear to hold the whip hand as never before.
      • He still has the whip hand, and concerns about his powers are spreading far beyond the elite of the Labour Party.
      • The Council of Ministers holds the whip hand over the Commission.
      • Even though Pakistan held the whip hand for much of the Lahore Test, India kept staging mini-comebacks throughout the match, and kept the interest alive.
      • Now players have the whip hand, just like Hollywood stars of the post-studio era, and they often behave badly.
      • Other quoted car-dealer groups have also seen their values soar, buoyed by changes to regulations that once gave car makers the whip hand in their relationship with dealers, and by the strong British car market.
      • A friend in broadcasting had told me recently that the program writers are very careful to only write banter that is offensive to the male hosts, giving the female host the whip hand.
      • Everyone is well aware who holds the whip hand both financially and militarily.
      • Needless to say, in any power struggle the solutions proposed by the warring parties could not be more different, with both sides wanting the whip hand.
      • If they stick to their guns, to my mind great home cooks have the whip hand, delivering the most memorable, satisfying and delicious food you are ever likely to eat.
      Synonyms
      the upper hand, a commanding position, an edge, the edge, an advantage, a lead, a head start, ascendancy, superiority, supremacy, sway, control, predominance, power, mastery, dominance, command

  • whips of

    • Large quantities of.

      〈澳／新西兰〉大量

      tea with whips of sugar

      加了许多糖的茶。

Phrasal Verbs

  • whip in

    • Act as whipper-in.

      用鞭子召集（猎犬）；集合（议员等）赴会

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Judith Keating whipped in for many years and was very active in the breeding and training of the hounds.

  • whip someone into

    • Urge or rouse someone into (a specified state or position)

      驱使；促使；激励某人进入（某状态）

      the radio host whipped his listeners into a frenzy

      电台节目主持人使听众进入一种狂热状态。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Over the next several months, Marinello whipped them into shape.
      • Adolescence is difficult for such people; peer-pressure and hormonal disruption whips them into forced emotion, sends them spinning like that Victorian toy called a whipping-top.
      • If you've decided that you want to win the battle against the bulge, then you're ready for this three-step strategy that can whip you into great shape and help get you on track for a fitter future.
      • The purpose of his visit to nine Arab regimes, plus Turkey and Israel, is to whip them into line behind the war.
      • Perversely, such words of steel were meant to calm the American people, not whip them into a vengeful fervour.
      • However, those same predictions can whip us into frenzy if the fateful deadline looms ahead.
      • Football fans at Sunderland's Stadium of Light are whipped into collective hatred of visiting teams by the playing of Prokofiev's Dance of the Knights from the ballet Romeo and Juliet, itself a tender love story.
      • It merely serves as a pretext to whip the country into a war frenzy and to justify insertion of large numbers of troops into Mesopotamia.
      • This Argentinian wine is packed with delicious ripe berry character that will seduce you with its soft silky tannins, only to whip you into submission with a core of intense fruit.
      • I suspect that was the straw that broke the camel's back and whipped them into migratory action, so to speak, because Leah and Jason arrived in Darwin not long afterwards.
      • Maybe they're building anticipation, whipping us into such a frenzy that we couldn't wait another day to see what happens to Tony, his family, and his other ‘family.’
      • The opening speech reminded me of Walter Hill's ‘The Warriors’, gathering the gangs together, whipping them into an erotic frenzy.
      • Wouldn't they see similarities in the way they were whipped into a nationalistic fervour with the current manipulation of public opinion that has seen desperate refugees transformed into terrorists?
      • It had become standard party propaganda, but now it took on a menacing air as it was used to goad the troops, to whip them into the state of mind in which they would sacrifice anything for the revolution.
      • He has been whipped into line and made to vote against legislation that he knows is eminently sensible and very workable.
      • With the help of his trainer Percy, Hilary manages to whip Eddie into decent shape and secures a big fight.
      • After whipping us into a cheering frenzy, Carlson grows suddenly subdued.
      • He will have his hands full if he intends to whip it into an effective agency.
      • Performing in front of his home-town crowd at the Velodrome, Farnell was whipped into a virtual frenzy by the cheering fans.
      • Large crowds gathered despite the overcast conditions and they were whipped into a storm by the Eurosport cycling expert commentator Mike Smith.
      Synonyms
      rouse, stir up, excite, galvanize, electrify, stimulate, inspire, move, fire up, fire the enthusiasm of, fire the imagination of, get someone going, inflame, agitate, goad, provoke

  • whip someone up

    • Deliberately excite or provoke someone.

      Dad had managed to whip himself up into a fantastic rage

      爸爸设法使自己变得很激动，大发雷霆。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • He tried to whip them up into a frenzy.
      • The news deliberately misled an uninformed public and whipped them up into a frenzy about it.
      • But as they spur each other on, it whips them up to believe it - and for one of them it ends in tragedy.
      Synonyms
      encourage, act as a fillip to, act as a impetus to, act as a incentive to, act as a spur to, act as a stimulus to, prompt, prod, move, motivate, trigger, spark, spur on, galvanize, activate, kindle, fire, fire with enthusiasm, fuel, whet, nourish

  • whip something up

    • 1Stimulate a particular feeling in someone.

      激起（某人的某种情绪）

      we tried hard to whip up interest in the products

      我们努力激起人们对产品的兴趣。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • A media frenzy followed that whipped up fear and outrage against the Maori people.
      • The attempts to whip up public sentiment against teachers have, however, fallen flat.
      • You whip up hatred against minorities, asylum seekers, working people, and trade unionists like me.
      • Historical personalities, like Shivaji, have also been used to whip up regional sentiments.
      • They will not hesitate to whip up ethnic hatred as was done with such terrible consequences in Rwanda.
      • The right-wing press has jumped on fears about gun crime to whip up racism.
      • But its real aim is to whip up fear and hysteria over refugees.
      • There's just a bunch of liberal activists whipping up needless hysteria.
      • But every time governments and the media have whipped up such hysteria it has boosted racism.
      Synonyms
      stimulate, rouse, arouse, stir up, work up, wake, waken, awaken, quicken, inspire, call forth, bring into being, call into being, draw forth, bring out, excite, evoke, whet, stir, provoke, spur, fire, inflame, trigger, prompt, induce, encourage, actuate, activate, touch off, spark off, set off, set going, incite, promote, engender, generate

    • 2Make or prepare something, typically food, very quickly.

      很快地搞出；迅速准备好（尤指食物）

      I joined my mother in the kitchen to whip up a batch of cakes
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I had so-called Spanish omelette in mind, but couldn't even be bothered to start looking for recipes, so I just whipped something up.
      • And for our family, holidays are not complete without whipping up traditional batches of persimmon cookies.
      • It's a busy kitchen where speed is of the essence and this creation was whipped up faster than you can say pan-seared fish with herb, garlic and cheese sauce!
      • You may think whipping up a batch of healthful muffins is a time-consuming endeavor.
      • I make little tarts with a nice buttery pastry whipped up in the food processor.
      • Not quite a master chef, but give me some ingredients and I'll whip something up.
      • It's not always on the menu, but the friendly staff will be happy to whip you up a BLT on home-made crusty bread provided the ingredients are in stock.
      • Tell the executive chef your recipe and he whips it up for you.
      • This time he whipped us up some chunky soup with beef and vegetables and noodles.
      • ‘Sure,’ he answered, ‘point me to the kitchen, and I'll whip something up for us to eat.’

Derivatives

  • whip-like

    • adjective
    • His father jumped down from one of the branches hidden by the whip-like vines.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The whip-like snap of a small-caliber flintlock is a lovely sound.
      • The long cords of her whip-like weapon pierced through her enemies' armor and skin.
      • Rays and skates have a cartilaginous skeleton with wide depressed bodies, whip-like tails and well-developed pectoral fins that are fused to their head.
      • The tip of his long, whip-like tail flicked lazily beside him.
      • The dog just stood there panting and wagging his whip-like tail.
      • Its long, whip-like tail was twitching contentedly, and it looked extremely relaxed.
      • It is a whip-like weapon with a serrated spike on the end of a metallic rope.

  • whipper

    • noun
    • At the press of a button, the heated water blends with the pre-mix and is stirred to the correct consistency by a mechanical whipper.

Origin

Middle English: probably from Middle Low German and Middle Dutch wippen 'swing, leap, dance', from a Germanic base meaning 'move quickly'. The noun is partly from the verb, reinforced by Middle Low German wippe 'quick movement'.

  • A word that came into English from old German and Dutch wippen ‘to swing, leap, dance’. The parliamentary whip, responsible for ensuring that party members turn up and vote in debates, was originally a whipper-in. This is a term in hunting, where the whipper-in uses his whip to keep the hounds from straying. The short form is first found in 1850. A whip-round, or collection of contributions of money, is related, coming in the 1860s from whip in the sense ‘a notice from a whip requiring MPs to attend a vote’. Since the late 17th century a whippersnapper has been a young person who is presumptuous or overconfident. It is literally ‘a person who cracks a whip’—the connection was probably making a lot of noise but achieving little. A whipping boy is a person who is blamed for the faults of others. Originally it was a boy who was educated with a young prince and, because it would not be right for a commoner to beat a royal person, punished instead of him.

Rhymes

blip, chip, clip, dip, drip, equip, flip, grip, gyp, hip, kip, lip, nip, outstrip, pip, quip, rip, scrip, ship, sip, skip, slip, snip, strip, tip, toodle-pip, trip, yip, zip
noun.1
phr.
phr.v.

Definition of whip in US English:

whip

noun(h)wɪp(h)wip

  • 1A strip of leather or length of cord fastened to a handle, used for flogging or beating a person or for urging on an animal.

    鞭子

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Some teachers also punish students by flogging them with whips made of rubber (from strips of old car tires), with heavier canes, or simply by slapping, kicking, or pinching them.
    • Children no older than you are had to work twelve hours a day for cruel masters, who flogged them with whips if they worked too slowly and fed them on nothing but stale breadcrusts and water.
    • In large classrooms on the upper floors of the western buildings, the patrol found heaps of shackles, handcuffs, whips and lengths of chain.
    • Alison ran over to Rachel and saw the slash wounds she had on her legs from the leather whip and the bullet wound in her shoulder.
    • Public attitudes to punishment are revealed by the readiness of juries to acquit parents who have hit their children with whips, canes, riding crops, electric flexes, and belts.
    • He winced in pain as the whip came down upon him again and again.
    • When she got there, she grabbed the leather whip that was hanging on the wall next to her.
    • The police brandish leather bats, whips, long sticks and Kalashnikov rifles.
    • The presiding judge also sentenced the girl to 100 lashes with a whip, despite her claim that she had been raped, he said.
    • It wasn't very impressive, just a leather whip, but from the looks of it, her father had used it a lot at one time.
    • Even asking questions in class warranted a lash of the whip.
    • One lady dressed in tight black leather and brandishing a whip, insisted on chasing Geoff and me around the dance floor.
    • The man brought the whip across her shoulders, eliciting another cry of pain from his captive.
    • The third horse starts to run when it really feels the pain of the whip on its skin.
    • However, we noticed that on three different occasions over a four-day period, Max's sister made jokes about leather outfits and whips.
    • It pictures a man holding a whip, and flogging himself with it.
    • In the past farmers scared off elephants by beating drums or cracking whips.
    • He held a leather whip and pointed to the left and the right.
    • He heard the leather whip hit her back and her curses and prayers to stop echoed in his head.
    • Her thick fingers clenched around the leather whip at her side, and her face was quickly turning red.
    • The young king let out a cry of surprise and pain as the whip came down on his back.
    • He makes handmade leather belts, whips and other items.
    • I wouldn't be surprised if they walked around their office wearing tight leather and vinyl with whips and riding crops at their sides.
    Synonyms
    lash, scourge, thong, strap, belt
    1. 1.1 A blow with a whip or similar implement.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The slaves received the whip with more certainty and regularity than they received their food.
      • What my father didn't know was that my brother would look after me; if I got the whip, when my dad had left, Jonathan would always clean the blood off my back.
    2. 1.2 Used to refer to something causing pain or acting as a stimulus to action.
      〈喻〉鞭策物；刺激物
      councils are attempting to find new sites under the whip of a powerful agency

      在一个强有力部门的鞭策下，委员会正努力寻找新场址。

      the governor cracked the whip in the city
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Despite the unions being under the whip of recession and economic restructuring, their battle continues, only becoming more clearly international.
      • He is expected to crack the whip today by telling districts and schools to radically review their programmes.
      • Most projects take as long as they take, although scientists are usually in so much of a hurry to get results that there's no need to crack the whip.
      • Goring knew when to crack the whip and when to ease off; the result was a team that played as hard in April as it did in October.
      • If he thinks that people are being too happy, he's sure to crack the whip.
      • With a silver ring glinting in his ear, and a fag dripping from the corner of his mouth he comes across as a laid-back guy who finds it hard to crack the whip when necessary.
      • And he won't be trying to crack the whip to keep an absurdly wide coalition government together.
      • Bangalore's image will take a beating if the government doesn't crack the whip and get things moving fast.
      • It also wants all broadcasters to provide news content for kids - and if this doesn't happen, it wants the regulator to crack the whip over dumbed-down channels.
      • I would crack the whip and get the band all together.
      • With local authorities falling behind, the Scottish Executive must crack the whip and get things back on track.
      • Labour is acting under the whip of both the US and Europe, who have called for Israeli restraint and a resumption of talks.
      • Patronage and profit, with occasional touches of the whip, kept wartime Britain in order.
      • Did your co-stars respect your director position or did you have to crack the whip, so to speak?

  • 2An official of a political party appointed to maintain discipline among its members in Congress or Parliament, especially so as to ensure attendance and voting in debates.

    （政党在议会等中有权执行党纪及敦促本党议员出席议会辩论和投票的）组织秘书

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Tory peer fully backed up his comments, thus risking being summoned by the Tory whips' office.
    • Last Tuesday, 122 Labour MPs defied the party whips and voted against their own government, by far the largest such rebellion in modern British history.
    • Annette Rademeyer retained her position as chief whip and Ronnie Dawson was elected as deputy chief whip.
    • He stated that it had been his intention to inform the members following the meeting and that he had informed the party whips earlier that morning.
    • While this was taking place, those other upholders of Parliamentary law - the whips - were being altogether less civilised.
    • A decline in party discipline and of members' willingness to obey the whips, is one means of restoring influence to the backbenchers.
    • If only people would realise that without the whips, Parliament would cease to function.
    • Therefore, the pressure party whips can bring onto these politicians is weak.
    • Simon Power sits on the front bench and his colleague on the back bench - the whips cannot even talk to each other in the National Party these days.
    • He is to look at ongoing training for party whips to deal with an attack.
    • It is almost certain that a government with a decent Parliamentary majority will win this as the bill represents what that government wants and the party whips will ensure that a smooth vote takes place.
    • Legislative whips from across party lines promised the speaker they would ask their colleagues not to use foreign languages on the legislative floor.
    • It is understood that the party whips may be meeting in advance of the June meeting in an attempt to resolve the issue.
    • Alex Johnstone, the parliamentary whip, said MSPs had only discussed a ‘broad position’.
    • Is this wishful thinking in the age of spin doctors and party whips?
    • He was made chief whip, a position he retained after the 1992 election, having been one of the negotiating team that hammered out the coalition deal with Labour.
    • Why throw your standing with the whips away for nothing?
    • The attorney general and the government chief whip also sit at the cabinet table, although they are not formally members of the government.
    • I thank the whips and parties in the House for giving me an assurance that they will support that.
    • Furthermore, the Prime Minister has had no difficulty in finding Parliamentary whips to organise majorities even for the most contentious legislation.
    • He will also meet the party whips and will meet the councillors from each local electoral area to explain the new set up and answer any queries they have.
    • The influence of the party whips needs to be curbed.
    • But Alun Michael, the rural affairs minister, and the whips gradually persuaded backbench MPs to vote to offer the compromise to peers one more time.
    1. 2.1British A written notice from a political party official requesting attendance for voting.
      〈英〉（政党组织秘书发给本党议员要求出席议会辩论投票的）书面通知。参见THREE-LINE WHIP
      Example sentencesExamples
      • One in seven Labour MPs defied the whip by voting against or abstaining.
      • Despite the party whip, 36 Labour MPs voted against the 42-day detention bill.
      • For the ANC, this has allowed us to prepare a one-page Weekly Whip for our Members, informing us exactly when each debate is to take place and whether there is a two or three-line whip.
    2. 2.2the whipBritish Party membership of a Member of Parliament or other elected body.
      〈英〉（议员或其他选举产生机构中成员的）党员资格
      he asked for the whip to be withdrawn from them

      他要求开除他们的党籍。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • The speed of his decision to withdraw the whip reflects the determination of the Tory leader that the party should not be affected by any taint of racism.
      • He was stripped of the Conservative whip for expressing a mild opinion about spending cuts.
      • The MPs incurred the wrath of Mr Trimble and his supporters in June when they resigned the whip at Westminster in a policy row.
      • Norman Fowler, chairman of the Conservative Party, claimed that withdrawing the whip was a bad move because it made the rebels into martyrs.
      • As a deputy for North Tipperary his breaking of ranks over the Hanley Report hasn't cost him either his ministry or the party whip.
      • The party's ruling council has been convened to debate disciplinary action against three MPs who have defied party policy and have resigned the whip at Westminster.
      • A spokesman for the Conservative party said that since she had had the whip withdrawn from her she could no longer have any of the normal backing given to Conservative MPs.
      • I resigned the whip while the investigation took place and now three months down the line, police have told my lawyer there is no evidence against me.
      • There was no discussion about me losing the party whip.
      • The MPs angered the party leadership in June by resigning the whip at Westminster in a row over policy.
      • They should withdraw the whip from her immediately.
      • The unions say the rebels should be ‘honest enough to resign the whip.’
      • While he continued to enjoy the privilege of the whip he continued to represent and be seen as part of a minority opinion within the Conservative Party, Mr Morris said.
      • The motion to withdraw the whip would not prejudice her appeal.
      • They resigned the party whip at Westminster last month in protest at party policy.

  • 3A dessert consisting of cream or eggs beaten into a light fluffy mass with fruit, chocolate, or other ingredients.

    （用奶油、鸡蛋和水果、巧克力等搅拌而成的）蛋奶水果甜点心

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Learn how to make lemon whip by following this easy recipe.
    • The fritters and walnut whip are now ready to be enjoyed.
    1. 3.1 A utensil such as a whisk or an eggbeater for beating cream, eggs, or other food.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • With a whip, beat the egg yolks, and whole eggs in a steel bowl.
      • In a mixing bowl fitted with a whip, beat the egg whites into soft peaks.

  • 4

    short for whipper-in
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The whips go to the covert (a thicket or section of woods where the fox is supposed to be) and watch for the fox to go away, and then they signal the fox's escape from the covert.
    • The ‘whips’ must not allow the hounds to go onto land where hunting is not permitted.

  • 5A slender, unbranched shoot or plant.

    鞭状枝，鞭状植物

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Each spring, bunches of whips grow out of these branches and away from the wall toward the sun.

  • 6North American with modifier A scythe for cutting specified crops.

    〈北美〉（用于割某些庄稼的）长柄大镰刀，钐刀

    a grass whip

    割草镰刀。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Help! My grass is out of control and I will need a grass whip to cut some places that I can't drive my lawn mower.
    • Today I’d like to spend a few minutes discussing what is commonly known as a weed whip or grass trimmer.

  • 7A rope-and-pulley hoisting apparatus.

    定单绞辘

    Example sentencesExamples
    • You can shorten the pulley whip down to 350mm although most that I know of go to about 400.
    • These whips are exceptionally strong and will not obstruct your waterfront view.

  • 8US informal A car.

    I just got new wheels for my whip
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He appears to be driving her new whip, as he posted a picture of himself sitting on the Porsche.
    • I parked my whip in their convenient back lot.
    • It brings your personalized experience to any compatible car, so you have the same experience in a rental as you do in your own whip.
    • He talks about the financial debacle of paying for his first luxury whip.
    • He parks his whip right in his old neighborhood.
    • This song will sound ill in my whip this summer.
    • The sweepstakes offers a student and their guest a ride to and from prom in a luxury whip.
    • It's a reminder that I have at my fingertips the ability to make several hundred dollars over the weekend, on my own time, in my own whip.
    • A change of scenery has the dude driving his whip and heading out on a shopping spree.
    • I dropped off my whip for a tune up in March.
verb(h)wɪp(h)wip
[with object]

  • 1Beat (a person or animal) with a whip or similar instrument, especially as a punishment or to urge them on.

    鞭打，抽；鞭笞，鞭打责罚（人，动物）

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Refusing to betray his comrades, he was whipped until ‘his flesh hung in strips’ and branded with hot irons.
    • He was whipped with a belt if he came in late to work, kicked and verbally abused.
    • But every time my mother would punish me by whipping me with the duster, my father would rush over to shield me.
    • Whenever he does call you a bad name or threatens to whip you or anything else, tell your mom ASAP and have her talk to him and again.
    • Jarrett came out and punched Hart, tore off his shirt and started whipping him with a belt.
    • Then he was dipped into a vat of water as he was whipped and beaten before being assaulted with an iron bar.
    • The guards beat him and Lionel Alden whipped him with a bullwhip.
    • The Romans captured this slave girl, tied her to a stake, tore open the back of her dress, and started whipping her.
    • ‘Say thank you,’ I said, idly whipping him with the suede strap on my handbag.
    • ‘Four people pushed me down on the ground and whipped me for 40 minutes,’ he said.
    • After the match, Daniels took off his belt and whipped the guy hard for screwing up.
    • November saw they boy's father saying he never beat his son up, but that he did whip him.
    • Later, in front of my entire unit, he told me to lie down on a box and then he whipped me twenty-five times.
    • But after he leaves, the man grabs the boy, reties him to the tree and whips him to within an inch of his life before untying him.
    • They're biting her, cutting her, whipping her, beating her, and she cries and screams but doesn't fight back.
    • There they kicked us, beat us, whipped us with electric cables and shocked us with electricity!
    • I went off to government boarding schools and there they used to whip you and beat you if you spoke your Indian language.
    • When he was on the ground, I started whipping him with the belt that went around my kilt.
    • He never took showers with us after gym class, because he knew we'd whip him with our wet towels.
    • We'd fight and then hide once mom started yelling because if we didn't, she'd either slap our bare bottoms with her hand or whip us with a belt.
    Synonyms
    flog, scourge, flagellate, lash, birch, switch, tan, strap, belt, cane, thrash, beat, leather, tan someone's hide, whip someone's hide, give someone a hiding, beat the living daylights out of
    1. 1.1 (of a flexible object or rain or wind) strike or beat violently.
      （柔韧性的物体、雨、风等）拍打；猛打
      the wind whipped their faces

      风猛烈地吹打在他们的脸上。

      no object ferns and brambles whipped at him

      蕨类植物和刺藤抽打着他。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • The wind whipped at his clothing, growing stronger by the second.
      • The wind whipped at his hair and clothes, a brisk wind that blew from the Forgotten Mountains.
      • Wet ferns whipped her legs; vines tripped her.
      • His hair was constantly being whipped back by the wind, but he didn't mind.
      • He landed about twenty feet away, the resulting gust of wind whipping Andrew's hair in front of him.
      • All of the windows were rolled down and the wind whipped at our hair.
      • The wind whipped at her back and her hair and the sea spray stung her skin.
      • Wind whipped at his face as he fell but it wasn't a cold wind but a warm wind.
      • Reeds whipped and choked us.
      • Out in the open sea, whipped by the wind, waves were bursting over the just-submerged reefs.
      • They're being whipped by winds of as much as 30 miles an hour.
      • I pulled my cloak a bit tighter as a gust of wind whipped powder snow from a nearby drift and swirled it around us in a chill flurry.
      • The wind whipped the rain into Nicole's face and within seconds she was soaked clear through.
      • Jason looks around, his pale gold-brown hair whipped by the wind.
      • He pulled his trenchcoat close around him, as the wind whipped at his hair and clothes.
      • They were gone at last, the warm wind whipping her long brown locks as they bounded through the grass.
      • There were huge, surging black waves, whipped by a driving wind and crashing in on their small craft.
      • Wind whipped my long, unruly black hair into my eyes, and I spat it out as I climbed into the driver's seat of my father's brand new Lexus.
      • More rain and cold wind whipped at him, and he shivered again.
      • Her blond hair was being whipped by the wind and behind her black clouds boiled and lightning flashed, or so it seemed to George and the woman.
      • Those on hand waited eagerly for the choppers as the mist turned to rain and the wind whipped the palm trees that edge the field.
      • The wind whipped at the exposed flesh around her neck and the sun heated the dark suede of her jacket, warming her arms.
      Synonyms
      hit, slap, smack, beat, thrash, spank, thump, thwack, punch, cuff, crack, swat, knock, rap
    2. 1.2informal (of a player or team) defeat (a person or team) heavily in a sporting contest.
      〈非正式〉（选手，运动队）击败；大胜（另一选手，运动队）
      Example sentencesExamples
      • They then whipped Neepawa 14-2 in a five-inning game as Hamm had a nearly perfect game going until the fifth.
      • Look at our results this season and only two teams have whipped us, the Ospreys and Toulouse.
      • Not only were the Rockies losing every day, they were getting whipped.
      • Promoters even brought Jim Jeffries out of retirement in 1910 in the expectation that he would whip Johnson.
      • Well, we're getting whipped right now here in Virginia Beach.
      • Even now, no one is talking about how Australia whipped us in the one-day series.
      • This may seem ridiculous coming a day after we were whipped 5-2 in New Zealand.
      • Not only were they whipped by a better team but they also showed very little fighting spirit at times and some of the errors had to be seen to be believed.
      • Playing soft in practice and hard in games is a lazy man's approach and you will get whipped by the teams that play hard in practice, too.
      • Pakistan had whipped the same Malaysian team 6-1 in an earlier league match.
      Synonyms
      trounce, defeat utterly, beat hollow, win a resounding victory over, annihilate, drub, rout, give someone a drubbing, crush, overwhelm, bring someone to their knees

  • 2no object, with adverbial of direction Move fast or suddenly in a specified direction.

    一击；一挥

    I whipped around the corner

    我突然转过拐角。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • She whipped around the last corner and came to a screeching halt in front of his front door.
    • My head whipped up so fast I nearly dropped my notebook.
    • She and I were laughing and joking as the car whipped round curves at 70 mph.
    • With the top down, Jake and I don't talk much as we whip down the road with nothing more than fields in sight.
    • Lauren suddenly stood up and whipped around to face him angrily.
    • Anyway, rant over, because this morning as I whipped down the road to get the Sunday newspapers I walked through my rose garden and discovered the very first rose bloom of spring.
    • People willing to spend about $80 will be able to whip through security at three airport checkpoints.
    • William whipped around each corner, and ambled down short staircases with such ease, it was a wonder that Virginia could keep up with him.
    • I was startled, and my head whipped toward the direction of the voice.
    • He jerked upright, his head whipping around in her direction.
    • Suddenly the man whipped around, raising a gun to her head.
    • One of my first days in Hong Kong I came within about an inch of being flattened by a speeding Mercedes Benz that whipped unexpectedly around a corner.
    • Shelby heard it, and her head whipped around in his direction.
    • He reached into his backpack for black nylon rope which he swiftly whipped around the circumference of a nearby chimney.
    • As we came around a curve, a speedboat came whipping around the corner, soaking us to the bone.
    Synonyms
    rush, race, run, sprint, bolt, dart, gallop, career, charge, shoot, hurtle, hare, bound, fly, speed, streak, zoom, plunge, dive, whisk, scurry, scuttle, scamper, scramble
    dash, rush, race, run, sprint, bolt, dart, gallop, career, charge, shoot, hurtle, hare, bound, fly, speed, streak, zoom, plunge, dive, whisk, scurry, scuttle, scamper, scramble
    1. 2.1with object and adverbial of direction Take out or move (something) fast or suddenly.
      突然拿出（或移动）
      he whipped out his revolver and shot him

      他突然拔出左轮手枪，对着他就是一枪。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Adrian suddenly whipped out his phone and positioned it against my face and declared that he wanted to take a picture of me.
      • A thumb lightly whipped away her tears from her cheeks.
      • You think you've got past him and suddenly, out they stretch and the ball is whipped away.
      • The boys turned back to their bowling game, which as it turned out, was merely a contest to see who could whip the ball fastest down the lane.
      • She lifted her face and whipped away some tears and gave a big sniff.
      • Suddenly, she whipped out these huge, thick books.
      • ‘Oh no you don't,’ he said, taking hold of her shoulder and whipping her around again.
      • She heard a knock at the door, and quickly whipped the tear away.
      • ‘I was whipping their water bottles back at them so there was a huge, huge bottle fight going on,’ she says.
      • A long low ball from Paudge Cuddy fell into the path of James Hooban and he tapped it past the advancing Liam Aherne before whipping it into an empty net.
      • I, in turn, whipped my legs off the ground with such speed as to make a drill sergeant weep with joy.
      • With a self-satisfied flourish, she whipped her iPod out of her pocket and held it in front of my face.
      • The travel writer who was hosting the lunch suddenly whipped out a picture he had taken of the planes going over his apartment.
      • The boy grabbed my shoulder and whipped me around.
      • And to demonstrate he whipped a white tea towel off a rail, and pulled it over his face, while giving a silent scream.
      • I doubt I swallowed enough to bother about, but she whipped me off to the hospital.
      • He grabbed her arms suddenly and whipped her body around, moving her backwards until she was backed up against the wall, trapped.
      • She was suddenly aware of a presence beside her, and whipped her head about.
      • The ambassador grabbed me by the wrist and whipped me away to the airport in his chauffeur-driven car.
      • A young woman suddenly jumped up and whipped out her silver and blue flip phone from her back right pocket, which had abruptly vibrated.
      Synonyms
      pull, whisk, snatch, pluck, tug, jerk, remove, take

  • 3Beat (cream, eggs, or other food) into a froth.

    搅打（奶油、蛋等食物）成糊状

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It doesn't take as long a time as you'd think to whip cream with a whisk.
    • Lightly whip the cream into soft peaks, then gently fold it in to achieve the required whipped consistency.
    • Today he almost managed to make butter when whipping the cream for the strawberries we had for dessert.
    • Meanwhile whip the cream with the caster sugar.
    • For the filling, lightly whip the cream, then fold in the yoghurt, sugar and rosewater.
    • In a medium mixing bowl, whip the cream until it forms peaks.
    • I whipped the heavy cream into a fluffy cloud, adding three capfuls of vanilla for flavoring.
    • To serve the dessert, whip the cream with the confectioners' sugar.
    • It's nice that the potatoes are whipped, piped onto the plate and then broiled quickly to develop a crisp outside before being served.
    • Whip about a cup of cream until, well, you know, until it's whipped.
    • Macrobiotic food obviously suits him - today he couldn't whip cream.
    • The recipe she gives us involves whipping the pudding in a blender as the last step.
    • Just before serving, gently whip the double cream, icing sugar and vanilla until it just starts to thicken.
    • Lightly whip the cream until it begins to thicken and fold it into the yoghurt mixture with the vanilla seeds.
    • You can whip melted chocolate like cream, the fat and the lecithin acting as a stabilizer for the foam.
    • For the mousseline, in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, whip the heavy cream to soft peaks.
    • Using the whipping attachments, whip the sugar and cream until medium stiff peaks are achieved.
    • For the chive cream, lightly whip the cream with a small pinch of salt and pepper, so that it thickens slightly but is still runny.
    • Lightly whip the cream and fold this in, along with the vanilla essence.
    Synonyms
    whisk, beat, mix, stir

  • 4Bind (something) with spirally wound twine.

    将细绳缠绕于（某物），用细绳缠绕加固

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The edges are whipped with wool yarns.
    1. 4.1 Sew or gather (something) with overcast stitches.
      锁（边），拷（边），缝边封住…的口
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Not only did they listen while they mixed cakes or whipped seams, but they often repeated in concert and memorized much of what was read to them.

Phrases

  • the whip hand

    • A position of power or control over someone.

      支配地位，控制地位；优势

      he had the whip hand over other members of the cabinet
      Example sentencesExamples
      • As you can imagine the bowlers held the whip hand.
      • He still has the whip hand, and concerns about his powers are spreading far beyond the elite of the Labour Party.
      • A friend in broadcasting had told me recently that the program writers are very careful to only write banter that is offensive to the male hosts, giving the female host the whip hand.
      • If they stick to their guns, to my mind great home cooks have the whip hand, delivering the most memorable, satisfying and delicious food you are ever likely to eat.
      • The Council of Ministers holds the whip hand over the Commission.
      • Other quoted car-dealer groups have also seen their values soar, buoyed by changes to regulations that once gave car makers the whip hand in their relationship with dealers, and by the strong British car market.
      • Now players have the whip hand, just like Hollywood stars of the post-studio era, and they often behave badly.
      • Everyone is well aware who holds the whip hand both financially and militarily.
      • Even though Pakistan held the whip hand for much of the Lahore Test, India kept staging mini-comebacks throughout the match, and kept the interest alive.
      • Needless to say, in any power struggle the solutions proposed by the warring parties could not be more different, with both sides wanting the whip hand.
      • Certainly, the two former groups appear to hold the whip hand as never before.
      Synonyms
      the upper hand, a commanding position, an edge, the edge, an advantage, a lead, a head start, ascendancy, superiority, supremacy, sway, control, predominance, power, mastery, dominance, command

Phrasal Verbs

  • whip in

    • Act as whipper-in.

      用鞭子召集（猎犬）；集合（议员等）赴会

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Judith Keating whipped in for many years and was very active in the breeding and training of the hounds.

  • whip someone into

    • Urge or rouse someone into (a specified state or position)

      驱使；促使；激励某人进入（某状态）

      the radio host whipped his listeners into a frenzy

      电台节目主持人使听众进入一种狂热状态。

      the city had been whipped into shape
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It had become standard party propaganda, but now it took on a menacing air as it was used to goad the troops, to whip them into the state of mind in which they would sacrifice anything for the revolution.
      • This Argentinian wine is packed with delicious ripe berry character that will seduce you with its soft silky tannins, only to whip you into submission with a core of intense fruit.
      • Football fans at Sunderland's Stadium of Light are whipped into collective hatred of visiting teams by the playing of Prokofiev's Dance of the Knights from the ballet Romeo and Juliet, itself a tender love story.
      • Perversely, such words of steel were meant to calm the American people, not whip them into a vengeful fervour.
      • The purpose of his visit to nine Arab regimes, plus Turkey and Israel, is to whip them into line behind the war.
      • Performing in front of his home-town crowd at the Velodrome, Farnell was whipped into a virtual frenzy by the cheering fans.
      • However, those same predictions can whip us into frenzy if the fateful deadline looms ahead.
      • Adolescence is difficult for such people; peer-pressure and hormonal disruption whips them into forced emotion, sends them spinning like that Victorian toy called a whipping-top.
      • Maybe they're building anticipation, whipping us into such a frenzy that we couldn't wait another day to see what happens to Tony, his family, and his other ‘family.’
      • It merely serves as a pretext to whip the country into a war frenzy and to justify insertion of large numbers of troops into Mesopotamia.
      • After whipping us into a cheering frenzy, Carlson grows suddenly subdued.
      • The opening speech reminded me of Walter Hill's ‘The Warriors’, gathering the gangs together, whipping them into an erotic frenzy.
      • If you've decided that you want to win the battle against the bulge, then you're ready for this three-step strategy that can whip you into great shape and help get you on track for a fitter future.
      • With the help of his trainer Percy, Hilary manages to whip Eddie into decent shape and secures a big fight.
      • Over the next several months, Marinello whipped them into shape.
      • He will have his hands full if he intends to whip it into an effective agency.
      • Large crowds gathered despite the overcast conditions and they were whipped into a storm by the Eurosport cycling expert commentator Mike Smith.
      • I suspect that was the straw that broke the camel's back and whipped them into migratory action, so to speak, because Leah and Jason arrived in Darwin not long afterwards.
      • Wouldn't they see similarities in the way they were whipped into a nationalistic fervour with the current manipulation of public opinion that has seen desperate refugees transformed into terrorists?
      • He has been whipped into line and made to vote against legislation that he knows is eminently sensible and very workable.
      Synonyms
      rouse, stir up, excite, galvanize, electrify, stimulate, inspire, move, fire up, fire the enthusiasm of, fire the imagination of, get someone going, inflame, agitate, goad, provoke

  • whip someone up

    • Deliberately excite someone into having a strong feeling or reaction.

      故意激起，煽动

      Dad had managed to whip himself up into a fantastic rage

      爸爸设法使自己变得很激动，大发雷霆。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • He tried to whip them up into a frenzy.
      • But as they spur each other on, it whips them up to believe it - and for one of them it ends in tragedy.
      • The news deliberately misled an uninformed public and whipped them up into a frenzy about it.
      Synonyms
      encourage, act as a fillip to, act as a impetus to, act as a incentive to, act as a spur to, act as a stimulus to, prompt, prod, move, motivate, trigger, spark, spur on, galvanize, activate, kindle, fire, fire with enthusiasm, fuel, whet, nourish

  • whip something up

    • 1Cause water, sand, etc., to rise up and be flung about in a violent manner.

      使（水、沙等）翻腾

      the sea was whipped up by a force-nine gale

      九级大风掀起海上巨浪。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • The wind began to whip the sand up off of the ground into a whirlwind.
      • But when the wind is whipping up the waves and you're cold and tired from a difficult dive in strong currents, well things can get a little distorted.
      • A line of squalls is blowing through, whipping up the water and sending waves pounding against our starboard beam.
      1. 1.1Stimulate a particular feeling in someone.
        激起（某人的某种情绪）
        we tried hard to whip up interest in the products

        我们努力激起人们对产品的兴趣。

        Example sentencesExamples
        • Historical personalities, like Shivaji, have also been used to whip up regional sentiments.
        • But every time governments and the media have whipped up such hysteria it has boosted racism.
        • A media frenzy followed that whipped up fear and outrage against the Maori people.
        • But its real aim is to whip up fear and hysteria over refugees.
        • There's just a bunch of liberal activists whipping up needless hysteria.
        • The right-wing press has jumped on fears about gun crime to whip up racism.
        • The attempts to whip up public sentiment against teachers have, however, fallen flat.
        • They will not hesitate to whip up ethnic hatred as was done with such terrible consequences in Rwanda.
        • You whip up hatred against minorities, asylum seekers, working people, and trade unionists like me.
        Synonyms
        stimulate, rouse, arouse, stir up, work up, wake, waken, awaken, quicken, inspire, call forth, bring into being, call into being, draw forth, bring out, excite, evoke, whet, stir, provoke, spur, fire, inflame, trigger, prompt, induce, encourage, actuate, activate, touch off, spark off, set off, set going, incite, promote, engender, generate

    • 2Make or prepare something, typically something to eat, very quickly.

      很快地搞出；迅速准备好（尤指食物）

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Why don't I see if we can't whip something up for lunch, huh?
      • If I can't whip something up, John and I will eat out.
      • With that in mind, I've whipped up a delectable batch of buffalo nuggets.
      • You two make yourselves comfortable; I'll go whip something up really quick.

  • whip something out (or off)

    • Write something hurriedly.

      you'll find the software ideal for whipping out memos and proposals
      Example sentencesExamples
      • And, if you really want to whip out a note in a hurry, you can use one of our 12 samples in the back of the manual.
      • I whipped off a letter to the editor using their submission form and waited for the reply.
      • I just had to go whip out a note on my blog.

Origin

Middle English: probably from Middle Low German and Middle Dutch wippen ‘swing, leap, dance’, from a Germanic base meaning ‘move quickly’. The noun is partly from the verb, reinforced by Middle Low German wippe ‘quick movement’.

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