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# whip

noun (a whip, whips); verb (whip, whips, whipped, whipping)

«whip» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A whip is a long thin rope or strip of leather with a handle, used to hit animals or, in the past, people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whip/#m1)
2. To whip means to hit with a whip. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whip/#m2)
3. To whip cream or eggs means to beat them fast until they are thick and fluffy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whip/#m3)
4. To whip means to move or take something very fast: «She whipped out her phone.» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whip/#m4)
5. (politics) A whip is a person in parliament who makes sure members of their party vote. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whip/#m5)
6. (slang, US) A whip can mean a car. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whip/#m6)

### In the lessons

In cooking lessons, whipped cream; in history, enslaved people and convicts were whipped as cruel punishment. In stories, a horse rider cracks a whip. In UK politics, «chief whip». Phrases: «whip up» (make quickly), «whip round» (UK, collect money from a group).

### Examples

- Whip the cream until it is stiff. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whip/#x1)
- He whipped round to see who was there. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whip/#x2)
- The circus trainer cracked his whip. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whip/#x3)
- Let's have a whip-round for the teacher's present. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whip/#x4)
- Mum whipped up a quick lunch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whip/#x5)
- Prisoners were whipped in the past. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whip/#x6)
- The whip lay on his lap. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whip/#x7)

### Note

Past: whipped (double p). «Whipped cream» not «whip cream» in UK. Whipping people is now illegal in most countries.

## In Jewish tradition

In cooking lessons, whipped cream; in history, enslaved people and convicts were whipped as cruel punishment. In stories, a horse rider cracks a whip. In UK politics, «chief whip». Phrases: «whip up» (make quickly), «whip round» (UK, collect money from a group).

### Examples

- Hark! the whip, and hark! the rattling of the wheels; and prancing horses, and bounding chariots; (Prophets NAM.3.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/whip/#x1)
- A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the back of fools. (Writings PRO.26.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/whip/#x2)
- And now whereas my father did burden you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.' (Prophets 1KI.12.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/whip/#x3)

### Note

Past: whipped (double p). «Whipped cream» not «whip cream» in UK. Whipping people is now illegal in most countries.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «whip» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whip/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«whip» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/whip.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «whip» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/whip/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«whip» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/whip.html) on Mova free.