Synonyms for whip
ʰwɪp, wɪpwhip

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1. whipnoun

   To throw or kick an object at a high velocity.

   Synonyms:
   quirt, thong, flail, driving whip, scourge, jumping bat, knout, crop, lash, sjambok, dressage whip

2. whipnoun

   To fish a body of water especially by making repeated casts.

   Synonyms:
   lash, quirt, flail, cat, sjambok, scourge, knout, thong

3. whipverb

   To snap back and forth like a whip.

   Synonyms:
   party whip

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. whip

   Strike is the word for a single blow; to beat is to strike repeatedly, as a bird beats the air with its wings. Others of the above words describe the manner of beating, as bastinado, to beat on the soles of the feet; belabor, to inflict a comprehensive and exhaustive beating; cudgel, to beat with a stick; thrash, as wheat was beaten out with the old hand-flail; to pound (akin to Latin pondus, a weight) is to beat with a heavy, and pommel with a blunt, instrument. To batter and to bruise refer to the results of beating; that is battered which is broken or defaced by repeated blows on the surface (compare synonyms for SHATTER); that is bruised which has suffered even one severe contusion. The metaphorical sense of beat, however, so far preponderates that one may be very badly bruised and battered, and yet not be said to be beaten, unless he has got the worst of the beating. To beat a combatant is to disable or dishearten him for further fighting. Hence beat becomes the synonym for every word which implies getting the advantage of another. Compare CONQUER.

   Almost all antonyms in this class are passive, and can be formed indefinitely from the conquering words by the use of the auxiliary be; as, be beaten, be defeated, be conquered, etc.

   Synonyms:
   bastinado, batter, beat, belabor, bruise, castigate, chastise, conquer, cudgel, defeat, flog, overcome, pommel, pound, scourge, smite, spank, strike, surpass, switch, thrash, vanquish, worst

   Antonyms:
   fail, fall, get the worst of, go down, go under, surrender

   Preposition:
   Beat with a stick over the head; beat by a trick; out of town; beat to the ground; into submission.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. whip

   Synonyms:
   scourge, flagellate

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. whipnoun

   an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping

   Synonyms:
   whiplash, lash, party whip

2. whip, party whipnoun

   a legislator appointed by the party to enforce discipline

   Synonyms:
   whiplash, lash, party whip

3. whipnoun

   a dessert made of sugar and stiffly beaten egg whites or cream and usually flavored with fruit

   Synonyms:
   whiplash, lash, party whip

4. whipnoun

   (golf) the flexibility of the shaft of a golf club

   Synonyms:
   whiplash, lash, party whip

5. whip, lash, whiplashverb

   a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object

   "the whip raised a red welt"

   Synonyms:
   whiplash, cilium, eyelash, lash, thong, party whip, whiplash injury

6. flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounceverb

   beat severely with a whip or rod

   "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"

   Synonyms:
   lambast, chide, welt, convulse, crush, vanquish, blister, beat out, thresh, rack up, scald, strap, slash, beat, reproof, trounce, flog, berate, jactitate, chew out, cut down, have words, lambaste, thresh about, bawl out, dress down, thrash about, take to task, worst, chew up, call down, lather, cane, thrash, toss, soap, reprimand, scold, lash, mop up, rebuke, whisk, jaw, rag, gash, pip, call on the carpet, remonstrate, lecture, shell

7. worst, pip, mop up, whip, rack upverb

   defeat thoroughly

   "He mopped up the floor with his opponents"

   Synonyms:
   score, rack up, wipe up, get through, strap, shoot, clear up, whisk, finish up, pip, polish off, slash, wrap up, blister, mop up, lather, worst, finish off, tally, welt, trounce, hit, lash, mop, flog, scald

8. whipverb

   thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash

   "The tall grass whipped in the wind"

   Synonyms:
   slash, whisk, scald, worst, rack up, mop up, trounce, flog, lash, pip, lather, welt, strap, blister

9. whip, lashverb

   strike as if by whipping

   "The curtain whipped her face"

   Synonyms:
   slash, whisk, scald, worst, rack up, mop up, trounce, flog, lash, pip, lather, welt, strap, blister

10. whisk, whipverb

    whip with or as if with a wire whisk

    "whisk the eggs"

    Synonyms:
    whisk off, blister, worst, rack up, mop up, whisk, trounce, flog, lash, scald, pip, lather, welt, slash, strap

11. blister, scald, whipverb

    subject to harsh criticism

    "The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday"; "the professor scaled the students"; "your invectives scorched the community"

    Synonyms:
    whisk, scald, rack up, mop up, trounce, vesicate, flog, lash, pip, lather, welt, worst, slash, blister, strap

Matched Categories

1. • Attack
   • Dessert
   • Flexibility
   • Golf
   • Instrument
   • Legislator
   • Strike
   • Thrash

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. whipverb

   Synonyms:
   lash, strike (with a cord), beat, flagellate, scourge, punish

2. whipverb

   Synonyms:
   snatch

3. whipverb

   Synonyms:
   stitch, baste

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1. whipnoun

   Synonyms:
   horsewhip, crop, scourge, lash, switch, rattan, thong, knout, cat-o-nine-tails, quirt (rawhide), koorbash (Africa)

2. whipverb

   Synonyms:
   lash, beat, thrash, flog, drub, punish, chastise, trounce, flagellate, castigate, scourge, switch, spank, maul, fustigate, (Slang) conquer, defeat, jerk, snatch, whisk

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:3.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "whip":

   lash, whipping, flogging, whips, whisk, monkey

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1. List of known nicknames for "Whip":

   Jason Merritt

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How to use whip in a sentence?

1. The Dhammapada:

   A Nobel horse Doesent feel the crack of his masters whip

2. Jackson Browne:

   So I had a couple of years of playing trumpet. I really enjoyed it, but it was not the kind of instrument you could whip out at a party. Let's face it.

3. New York:

   A really great drug store brand that I love to throw in my beach bag is made by Coppertone, it’s actually a whipped sunscreen. It’s really fun to use and one of the mistakes people make when it comes to using sunscreens is that they don’t use enough and this one comes out and actually looks like whip cream so you end up using about as much as you actually should.

4. Raghuram Selvaraju:

   Ian's main concern is to get lower taxes for Pfizer through an inversion. He would rather be able to say he pulled this tax inversion off, and now I'm going to let Brent crack the whip and wield the axe.

5. Allen West:

   You’d think they’d be proud to whip the Legislature and get it done.