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What (who) is Whip - definition

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WHIP; The Whip; Whippings; WHIP (disambiguation); Whips (disambiguation); The Whip (film)

whip

¦ noun

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

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

Brit. a written notice from such an official requesting attendance for voting.

(the whip) Brit. 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.

3. a dessert made from cream or eggs beaten into a light fluffy mass.

4. short for whipper-in.

5. a slender, unbranched shoot or plant.

6. a rope-and-pulley hoisting apparatus.

¦ verb (whips, whipping, whipped)

1. beat with a whip.

(of a flexible object or rain or wind) strike or beat violently.

(whip someone up) deliberately excite or provoke someone.

(whip something up) stimulate a particular feeling in someone.

informal defeat heavily in a sporting contest.

2. move or take out fast or suddenly.

(whip something up) make or prepare something, especially food, very quickly.

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

4. Brit. informal steal.

5. (whip in) Hunting act as whipper-in.

6. bind with spirally wound twine.

sew or gather with overcast stitches.

7. [as adjective whipped] N. Amer. informal worn out; exhausted.

Phrases

the whip hand a position of power or control.

Derivatives

whip-like adjective

whipper noun

whipping noun

Origin

ME: prob. from Mid. Low Ger. and MDu. wippen 'swing, leap, dance', from a Gmc base meaning 'move quickly'.

whip

Somebody's car, usually a very nice car.
Hop aboard my whip, and let's do it.

whip

I

n.

lash used for whipping

1) to crack, snap a whip

dessert made by whipping

2) a prune whip

member of a political party who enforces party discipline

3) a majority; minority; party whip

II

v.

1) (d; tr.) ('to beat') to whip into (to whip eggs into a froth)

2) (colloq.) (d; tr.) ('to bring') to whip into (the sergeant whipped the recruits into shape)

3) (d; tr.) ('to incite') to whip into (the speaker whipped the crowd into a frenzy)

Wikipedia

Whip (disambiguation)

A whip is a stick, cord, or strap, usually with a stiff handle, used for striking or as an animal training aid.

Whip or whips or The Whip may also refer to:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whip (disambiguation)

Examples of use of Whip

1. Roy Blunt ( Mo .) Blunt, who serves as minority whip, succeeded DeLay as majority whip in 2002.

2. DeLay, who was then majority whip, engineered Hastert‘s rise from chief deputy whip to speaker.

3. One bill – submitted by Likud whip Gideon Sa‘ar, Shas whip Yaakov Margi, Meretz whip Zahava Gal–On, and others would make child–care expenses tax deductible.

4. The others are: House Speaker Dennis Hastert, Majority Leader John Boehner, Republican Whip Roy Blunt, and Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer.

5. McConnell, now Senate Republican whip, ran unopposed.