English Dictionary

whip

/wɪp/

noun

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.

He cracked the whip to start the race.

意味（1）

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.

意味（2）

The same instrument used to strike a person or animal for corporal punishment or torture.

Once he ran out of appeals, he knew he would soon feel the sting of the whip.

意味（3）

A blow administered with a whip.

I had hardly said the word, when Kit jumped into the saddle, and gave his horse a whip and a spur — and off it cantered, as if it were in as great a hurry to be married as Kit himself.

意味（4）

(hunting) A whipper-in.

From the far side of the wood came the long shrill screech […] which signifies that one of the whips has viewed the fox quitting the covert.

意味（5）

(politics) A member of a political party who is in charge of enforcing the party's policies in votes; a whipper-in.

I was going to vote against the bill, but the party whip came to see me and made it clear I needed to vote for it.

意味（6）

(UK politics, with definite article) A document distributed weekly to MPs by party whips informing them of upcoming votes in parliament.

意味（7）

(UK politics, by extension) The regular status of an MP within a parliamentary party, which can be revoked by the party as a disciplinary measure.

to withdraw the whip

意味（8）

Whipped cream.

Did you want to add some whip to your coffee, ma'am?

意味（9）

(nautical) A purchase in which one block is used to gain a 2:1 mechanical advantage.

意味（10）

(African-American Vernacular, MTE) A mode of personal motorized transportation; an automobile, all makes and models including motorcycles, excluding public transportation.

Big whip I'm underground parking

意味（11）

(roller derby) A move in which one player transfers momentum to another.

意味（12）

A whipping motion; a thrashing about.

I was startled by the whip of the rope when it finally snapped.

意味（13）

The quality of being whiplike or flexible; suppleness, as of the shaft of a golf club.

意味（14）

A spring in certain electrical devices for making a circuit

意味（15）

(music) A wippen, a rocking component in certain piano actions.

意味（16）

(historical) A coach driver; a coachman.