(transitive) To prevent hunting hounds from straying from the pack by whipping them. / (transitive, figuratively, politics) To keep a party member in line.

A lash; a pliant, flexible instrument, such as a rod (commonly of cane or rattan) or a plaited or braided rope or thong (commonly of leather) used to create a sharp "crack" sound for directing or herding animals.

(transitive) To hit with a whip. / (transitive, by extension) To hit with any flexible object. / (transitive, slang) To defeat, as in a contest or game.

simple past tense and past participle of whip

(slang) Controlled by a spouse or significant other to an unreasonable degree.

(baseball) Acronym of walks plus hits per inning pitched; a statistic of the number of baserunners a pitcher has allowed per inning pitched.

plural of whipping

(countable) The punishment of being whipped. / (countable) A heavy defeat; a thrashing. / (uncountable) A cooking technique in which air is incorporated into cream etc.

present participle of whip

plural of whip