whip

whip1 [ wıp, hwıp ] noun *

1. ) count a long thin piece of leather with a handle on one end used for making horses move faster or for hitting someone:

Most of the riders carried whips.

crack a whip (=move the whip quickly to make a sudden loud sound): He cracked his whip over the horse's shoulder.

2. ) count someone in a political party whose job is to make certain that other members go where they are needed and that they vote in the correct way:

A Senate Majority Whip led the fight against government election funding.

a ) an official order to members of a political party to go to a particular debate and vote

3. ) uncount a sweet soft food made with cream and flavors or fruit:

There's chocolate whip for dessert.

the whip hand

someone who has the whip hand is in a good position because they can make other people do what they want

=> CRACK1

whip

whip 2 [ wıp, hwıp ] verb *

▸ 1 move quickly

▸ 2 hit someone (with whip)

▸ 3 mix food quickly

▸ 4 defeat someone thoroughly

▸ 5 steal something

▸ 6 cause behavior

▸ + PHRASES

1. ) intransitive whip around/into/past etc. something to move somewhere very fast:

A cold wind was whipping across the water.

I whipped round the corner.

a ) transitive to move something somewhere very fast:

The wind whipped her hair into her eyes.

Ferguson whipped the ball across the court.

b ) transitive whip something out/off to remove something or take something from somewhere very fast:

Smiling, he whipped out his wallet.

They whipped off their shirts and dove into the pool.

I whipped the film out of the camera.

2. ) transitive to hit someone with a whip:

Ted whipped his horse and galloped away.

A man was being whipped and beaten in the next room.

3. ) transitive to mix a food very quickly in order to add air into it: BEAT:

Whip the cream lightly.

4. ) transitive INFORMAL to defeat someone thoroughly

5. ) transitive INFORMAL to steal something:

He just whipped my pen!

6. ) transitive to make someone behave in a particular way:

The band whipped the audience into a frenzy (=made them very excited).

The government wants to whip teachers into line (=make them do what the government wants).

whip someone/something into shape

to put a lot of effort into improving someone or something:

They've got a new coach to whip the team into shape.

whip up a storm INFORMAL

to cause a strong reaction in other people

,whip `up phrasal verb transitive

1. ) to encourage strong emotions or behavior in people:

Newspaper articles have whipped up fears of higher taxes.

2. ) INFORMAL to prepare something to eat very quickly:

If you're hungry, I can whip us up some lunch.