whip

1. 1.

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

   Broaderinstrument

   Narrowercat-o'-nine-tailscowhidehorsewhipknoutquirtriding cropscourgestrap

   Partscroplashstock
2. 2.

   a legislator appointed by the party to enforce discipline

   Synonymsparty whip

   Broaderlegislator
3. 3.

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

   Broaderdessert

   Narrowerprune whip
4. 4.

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

   Broaderflexibility

   golf

5. 5.

   a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object

   “the whip raised a red welt”

   Synonymslashwhiplash

   Broaderblow

Other forms of whip

plural

whips·

past tense or participle

whipped

present participle

whipping

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about whip

What does whip mean?

whip means "beat severely with a whip or rod". That is the primary sense; the word has 11 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in whip?

whip has 1 syllable: whip. In IPA it is /ˈwɪp/.

What is another word for whip?

Close synonyms include flog, welt, lather, lash, slash. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is whip a common word?

whip is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.