Another word for whip
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Verb
To punish with blows or lashes
- To pass the tongue over or along:
- To lap up:
- To lap or flicker at like a tongue:
- To make neat or tidy by clipping, smoothing, or pruning:
- To remove the excess or unwanted parts from:
- To remove (excess or unwanted parts):
- To strike or beat, especially repeatedly with a flail or stick.
- To strike violently; batter:
- To swing or strike in a manner suggesting the action of a flail:
- A stroke or blow with or as if with a whip.
- A whip.
- The flexible portion of a whip, such as a plait or thong.
- To put or keep out of sight or away from notice:
- To prevent the disclosure or recognition of; conceal:
- To cut off from sight; cover up:
- To beat severely with a whip or rod.
- To publicize aggressively:
- To strike repeatedly.
- To subject to repeated beatings or physical abuse; batter.
- To punish by hitting or whipping; flog.
To mix rapidly to a frothy consistency
- To move or cause to move with quick light sweeping motions:
- To whip (eggs or cream).
- To move lightly, nimbly, and rapidly.
- To strike repeatedly.
- To subject to repeated beatings or physical abuse; batter.
- To punish by hitting or whipping; flog.
To win a victory over, as in battle or a competition
- To pass the tongue over or along:
- To lap up:
- To lap or flicker at like a tongue:
- A single spot or pip on a playing card, die, or domino.
- A playing card, die, or domino having one spot or pip.
- A serve that one's opponent fails to hit.
- To make neat or tidy by clipping, smoothing, or pruning:
- To remove the excess or unwanted parts from:
- To remove (excess or unwanted parts):
- Most inferior, as in quality, condition, or effect:
- Most severe or unfavorable:
- Being furthest from an ideal or a standard; least desirable or satisfactory:
- To defeat or conquer in battle; subjugate.
- To defeat in a contest, conflict, or competition.
- To overcome or subdue (an emotion, for example); suppress:
- To overcome (an obstacle, for example); triumph over.
- To ascend to the top of; climb:
- To place something above; top:
- To bring under control, especially by military force; conquer.
- To make subordinate or subject to the dominion of something else:
- To subjugate (a region or people, for example) by military force.
- To bring under control by physical force, persuasion, or other means; overcome:
- To make less intense or prominent; reduce or tone down:
- A disorderly retreat or flight following defeat.
- An overwhelming defeat.
- A disorderly crowd of people; a mob.
- To defeat (another) in competition or conflict:
- To deal with successfully; prevail over; surmount:
- To overpower, as with emotion; affect deeply:
- The owner or keeper of an animal:
- The owner of a slave.
- One who has control over or ownership of something:
- To do better than (another) in a competition or battle; win victory over; beat:
- To prevent the success of; thwart:
- To frustrate the enforcement of (a motion, for example).
- To gain control of or subdue by military force:
- To defeat in war:
- To eliminate or minimize (a difficulty, for example):
- Surpassing all others in excellence, achievement, or quality; most excellent:
- Most satisfactory, suitable, or useful; most desirable:
- Greatest; most:
- To strike repeatedly.
- To subject to repeated beatings or physical abuse; batter.
- To punish by hitting or whipping; flog.
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Another word for whip
Noun
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- A riding whip with a short, stiff handle and a lash made of two or more loose thongs.
- riding crop, horse whip
- A whip used to control a horse.
- To beat with or as if with a horsewhip.
- To whip with a bullwhip.
- Any of various dark-colored, chiefly nonvenomous snakes, such as the black racer or a black-colored rat snake.
- A long, tapering, braided rawhide or leather whip with a snapper on the end.
- A narrow strip, as of leather, used for binding or lashing.
- A whip of plaited leather or cord.
- A sandal held on the foot by a strip that fits between the first and second toes and is connected to a strap usually passing over the top or around the sides of the foot.
- A whip consisting of nine knotted cords fastened to a handle, used in flogging.
- A leather scourge used for flogging.
- To flog with a knout.
- A source of widespread dreadful affliction and devastation such as that caused by pestilence or war.
- A means of inflicting severe suffering, vengeance, or punishment.
- A small whip used to inflict punishment.
- A stroke or blow with or as if with a whip.
- A whip.
- The flexible portion of a whip, such as a plait or thong.
- A slender, strong but often flexible stem, as of certain bamboos, reeds, or rattans.
- A plant having such a stem.
- Such stems or strips of such stems used for wickerwork or baskets.
- One, such as a monarch or dictator, that rules or governs.
- A straightedged strip, as of wood or metal, for drawing straight lines and measuring lengths.
- A fishing rod.
- A piston rod.
- An often expandable horizontal bar, especially of metal, used to suspend household items such as curtains or towels.
- A long narrow strip of pliant material such as leather.
- Such a strip equipped with a buckle or similar fastener for binding or securing objects.
- A thin flat metal or plastic band used for fastening or clamping objects together or into position.
- An exchange or a swap, especially one done secretly.
- A transference or shift, as of opinion or attention.
- A device used to break or open an electric circuit or to divert current from one conductor to another.
Verb
To flog
- A source of widespread dreadful affliction and devastation such as that caused by pestilence or war.
- A means of inflicting severe suffering, vengeance, or punishment.
- A small whip used to inflict punishment.
- A stroke or blow with or as if with a whip.
- A whip.
- The flexible portion of a whip, such as a plait or thong.
- To beat severely with a whip or rod.
- To publicize aggressively:
- To strike or beat, especially repeatedly with a flail or stick.
- To strike violently; batter:
- To swing or strike in a manner suggesting the action of a flail:
*To defeat
- To do more or better than (another) in performance or action.
- To thrash; beat:
- To defeat decisively:
- To criticize severely:
- A disorderly retreat or flight following defeat.
- An overwhelming defeat.
- A disorderly crowd of people; a mob.
See also:To stir
- To move or cause to move with quick light sweeping motions:
- To whip (eggs or cream).
- To move lightly, nimbly, and rapidly.
- To pass an implement through (a liquid, for example), usually in circular motions, so as to mix or cool the contents:
- To use an implement to move or rearrange the fuel in (a fire) to increase light or heat.
- To add or mix in (an ingredient, for example) into a liquid or mixture by moving an implement:
- To strike repeatedly.
- To subject to repeated beatings or physical abuse; batter.
- To punish by hitting or whipping; flog.
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