Definizione monolingua

whip

whip (third-person singular simple present whips, present participle whipping, simple past and past participle whipped)

1. (transitive) To hit with a whip.

   whip the horse.

2. (transitive) By extension, to hit with any flexible object.

   I whipped her with a newspaper.

3. (transitive) To defeat.
   • 2008, Edward Keating , The Joy of Ex: A Novel

     She whips me in the first game of pool, I do not even get a shot. Eight-balled from the break.

     “Have you been practising?” I ask my sister.

     “Some,” she says, “play again?”

     “One more.”

     My sister beats me at pool in public a second time. I claim some dignity back by potting two of my balls before Tammy sinks the black.

4. (transitive) To mix in a rapid aerating fashion, especially food.

   Can you whip this to make the sauce smoother.

5. (transitive) To urge into action.

   He whipped the department into shape.

6. (transitive, nautical) To bind the end of a rope with twine or other small stuff to prevent its unlaying: fraying or unravelling
7. (transitive) To throw or kick an object at a high velocity.
   • He whipped the ball at me.
   • 2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, BBC:

     Composed play then saw Sam Ricketts nutmeg Ashley Cole before Taylor whipped a fine curling effort over Petr Cechs bar.

8. (transitive) To fish a body of water especially by making repeated casts.
9. (intransitive) To snap back and forth like a whip.
   • The pennants whipped in the wind.
10. (intransitive) To move very fast.
    • The wind whipped through the valley.
    • He whipped a banknote out of his pocket.
    • 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde

      He looked up when I came in, gave a kind of cry, and whipped upstairs into the cabinet. It was but for one minute that I saw him, but the hair stood upon my head like quills.

whip (plural whips)

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
   1. Same instrument used to strike a person or animal for corporal punishment or torture.

Definizione dizionario whip

	frusta
	rod or rope

	nerbo
	rod or rope

	sferzare
	to hit with a whip

armeggiare

battere

castigare

cocchiere

colpire

debilitare

duellare

fervere

flagellare

frullare

frustare

frustino

fustigare

montare

picchiare

picchiarsi

pulsare

punire

sbaragliare

sbatacchiare

sbattere

sbattersene

scalcagnare

sconfiggere

sferza

stravincere

Altri significati:

nautical: to bind the end of a rope with twine

To stir cream or egg white very quickly until it becomes stiff.

To hit a person or an animal with a whip.

(intransitive) To move very fast.

to snap back and forth like a whip

(transitive) To hit with a whip.

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

(intransitive) To snap back and forth like a whip.

by extension, to hit with any flexible object

to mix food in a rapid aerating fashion

(transitive) To urge into action.

party policy enforcer

A long piece of leather or rope attached to a handle, which is used to slash at animals to make them move, or to punish people.

(transitive) To defeat.

(to) whip

to urge into action

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

(transitive, nautical) To bind the end of a rope with twine or other small stuff to prevent its unlaying: fraying or unravelling

to move very fast

Whipped cream.

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

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

to throw at high velocity

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

(transitive) By extension, to hit with any flexible object.

to defeat

To move quickly and suddenly or violently in a particular direction.

(transitive) To mix in a rapid aerating fashion, especially food.

(transitive) To throw or kick an object at a high velocity.