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whipping |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Whipping \Whip"ping\, a & n. from {Whip}, v. {Whipping post}, a post to which offenders are tied, to be legally whipped. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Whip \Whip\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Whipped}; p. pr & vb n. {Whipping}.] [OE. whippen to overlay, as a cord, with other cords, probably akin to G. & D. wippen to shake, to move up and down Sw vippa, Dan. vippe to swing to and fro, to shake, to toss up and L. vibrare to shake. Cf {Vibrate}.] 1. To strike with a lash, a cord, a rod, or anything slender and lithe; to lash; to beat as to whip a horse, or a carpet. 2. To drive with lashes or strokes of a whip; to cause to rotate by lashing with a cord; as to whip a top 3. To punish with a whip, scourge, or rod; to flog; to beat as to whip a vagrant; to whip one with thirty nine lashes; to whip a perverse boy. Who for false quantities, was whipped at school. --Dryden. 4. To apply that which hurts keenly to to lash, as with sarcasm, abuse, or the like to apply cutting language to They would whip me with their fine wits. --Shak. 5. To thrash; to beat out as grain, by striking; as to whip wheat. 6. To beat (eggs, cream, or the like) into a froth, as with a whisk, fork, or the like 7. To conquer; to defeat, as in a contest or game; to beat to surpass. [Slang, U. S.] 8. To overlay (a cord, rope, or the like) with other cords going round and round it to overcast, as the edge of a seam; to wrap; -- often with about around or over Its string is firmly whipped about with small gut. --Moxon. 9. To sew lightly; specifically, to form (a fabric) into gathers by loosely overcasting the rolled edge and drawing up the thread; as to whip a ruffle. In half-whipped muslin needles useless lie. --Gay. 10. To take or move by a sudden motion; to jerk; to snatch; -- with into out up off and the like She in a hurry, whips up her darling under her arm. --L'Estrange. He whips out his pocketbook every moment, and writes descriptions of everything he sees. --Walpole. 11. (Naut.) a To hoist or purchase by means of a whip. b To secure the end of (a rope, or the like) from untwisting by overcasting it with small stuff. 12. To fish (a body of water) with a rod and artificial fly, the motion being that employed in using a whip. Whipping their rough surface for a trout. --Emerson. {To whip in}, to drive in or keep from scattering, as hounds in a hurt; hence to collect, or to keep together, as member of a party, or the like {To whip the cat}. a To practice extreme parsimony. [Prov. Eng.] --Forby. b To go from house to house working by the day as itinerant tailors and carpenters do [Prov. & U. S.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: whipping adj : smart and fashionable; "snappy conversation"; "some sharp and whipping lines" [syn: {snappy}] n 1: beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment [syn: {flogging}, {lashing}, {flagellation}] 2: a sound defeat [syn: {thrashing}, {walloping}, {debacle}, {drubbing}, {slaughter}, {trouncing}] 3: a stitch passing over an edge diagonally [syn: {whipstitch}, {whipstitching}] 4: the act of overcoming or outdoing [syn: {beating}]
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