as in strap
a long thin or flexible tool for striking
a 100-year-old whip that was once used by a coachman
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1
as in to hide
to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible
whipped the animal when it did not move fast enough to please him
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as in to throw
to defeat by a large margin
we whipped them 13-0 in the last game
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as in to swing
to change the course or direction of (something)
any more complaints and I'm whipping this car around and heading back home
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as in to lick
to strike repeatedly
huge raindrops whipped the windows
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Recent Examples of whip
Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
The wind whips, the vegetation snaps, the electrical towers howl.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2025
Paul Sutter, Space.com, 23 Sep. 2025
Let’s look at one of his near-misses on Sunday, when the Panthers played a remarkably good game and whipped Atlanta, 30-0, in their home opener.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 23 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Then, there’s the one about the two Asian guys who are harnessed to a chariot and made to pull it along, like horses, with bits in their mouths, while this other Asian guy, holding the reins, lashes them with a whip.
—Verb
So the magnetic field has to stay synchronized with the increasing mass of the particle, ramping up in strength as the particle whips around.
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Noun
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The helmets were sold in pink with a unicorn, rainbow and star print, as well as black padding, black straps and a black and red buckle with a black chin pad.—
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Quince has a silk option with a V-neck and adjustable straps, which can be worn as a slip or all on its own.—
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Cases of stowaways hiding in wheel wells are rare but not unprecedented — and survival is rarer still.—
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Waters can hide rocks, trees and debris.—
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Mahomes also spoke about the Chiefs’ win, which was by far the best Kansas City has looked this season and marked the first time since 2023 that Mahomes threw four touchdowns in a game.—
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González had sentenced four young men to prison for throwing Molotov cocktails at a police chief’s vehicle and at an intelligence officer’s house in the town of Encrucijada, where Ferrer’s family lives.—
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The officer swung his undercover truck around, radioing his team to converge on a man who was depositing a $50 bill into the machine.—
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Advertisement Before the King can swing his blade, Ji-yeon gets in his way.—
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Sitting at the base of the Rocky Mountains, the village is known for its year-round recreation and ubiquitous aspen trees, which make a stunning (albeit short) shift from fluttering green to bright yellow and orange with hints of red.—
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Councilwoman Stevens fluttered and snapped a folding fan.—
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During a bedtime conversation between Kaz and Caesar, for example, their dog keeps licking Caesar as Kaz tries to have a serious talk with him.—
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Posted to the account @maisythemarshmallow on September 19, the video shows the dog, named Maisy, lying calmly as the cat snuggles up and licks her face.—
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Africans were now being brought in to replace disappearing Taino, to pan rivers, dig mines, herd cows, and cut cane.—
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The least of Johansson’s worries was Squibb, whose main physical limitation was walking with a cane.—
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But French police have also been observed previously using knives to slash and sink the inflatable boats of migrants who put up little or no resistance.—
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The application window was slashed from the usual month-long period to just nine days, buried during a national crisis when many filmmakers were literally unable to access government offices due to civil unrest.—
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“Whip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whip. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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