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Look up: whip

  1. Whip
    a very young tree that still has a flexible trunk.
    Found on http://www.hcs.ohio-state.edu/mg/manual/

  2. Whip
    To quickly mix air into ingredients such as cream or egg whites by beating until light and fluffy, it also is the the utensil used in this whipping and whisking action.
    Found on http://www.goodcooking.com/basic_ck.htm

  3. Whip
    A very thin shoot with no lateral branches of a woody plant. Sometimes the first year of a grafted tree.
    Found on http://www.emilycompost.com/garden_gloss

  4. Whip
    To mix ingredients quickly and vigorously to incorporate air and increase volume.
    Found on http://www.txbeef.org/dictionary.php3

  5. whip
    [n] - a legislator appointed by the party to enforce discipline 2. [n] - an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping 3. [n] - a quick blow with a whip 4. [v] - thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash 5. [v] - strike as if by whipping
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  6. whip
    In UK politics, the member of Parliament who ensures the presence of colleagues in the party when there is to be a vote in Parliament at the end of a debate. The written appeal sent by the whips to...
    Found on http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk/site/

  7. whip
    any slender tree that the wind causes to lacerate the crowns of its neighbours Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • an assistant floor leader who aids the majority or minority leaders of each party in each house of Congress. Category: Politics
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  8. Whip
    Whip transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Whipped ; present participle & verbal noun Whipping .] [ Middle English whippen to overlay, as a cord, with other cords, probably akin to G. & Dutch wippen to shake, to move up and down, Swedish vippa , Danish vippe to swing to and fro, to shake, to toss up ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/31

  9. Whip
    Whip intransitive verb To move nimbly; to start or turn suddenly and do something; to whisk; as, he whipped around the corner. « With speed from thence he whipped Sackville. « Two friends, traveling, met a bear upon the way; the one whips up a tree, and the other throws himself flat upon the ground.» L'Estrange.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/31

  10. Whip
    Whip noun [ Middle English whippe . See Whip , transitive verb ] 1. An instrument or driving horses or other animals, or for correction, consisting usually of a lash attached to a handle, or of a handle and lash so combined as to form a flexible rod. '[ A] whip's lash.' Chaucer. « In his right hand he holds a whip , with whic ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/31

  11. Whip
    Whip noun 1. A whipping motion; a thrashing about; as, the whip of a tense rope or wire which has suddenly parted; also, the quality of being whiplike or flexible; flexibility; suppleness, as of the shaft of a golf club. 2. (Mech.) Any of various pieces that operate with a quick vibratory motion, as a spring in certain electrical devices for making a circuit, or a rockin ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/31

  12. whip
    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 ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  13. whip
    lash noun a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object; `the whip raised a red welt`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  14. whip
    noun an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  15. whip
    noun (golf) the flexibility of the shaft of a golf club
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  16. whip
    noun a dessert made of sugar and stiffly beaten egg whites or cream and usually flavored with fruit
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  17. whip
    party whip noun a legislator appointed by the party to enforce discipline
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  18. whip
    verb strike as if by whipping; `The curtain whipped her face`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  19. Whip
    The word `whip` describes two basic types of tools: A long stick-like device, usually slightly flexible, with a small bit of leather or cord, called a `popper`, on the end. Depending on length and flexibility, this type is often called a riding whip, riding crop or `bat`. It is also sometimes called a `horsewhip` or `horse whip`. The other type of whip is a long tapered flexible length of single-strand or plaited (braided) material (usually le...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whip

  20. Whip
    • (n.) Any of various pieces that operate with a quick vibratory motion, as a spring in certain electrical devices for making a circuit, or a rocking certain piano actions. • (n.) A whipping motion; a thrashing about; as, the whip of a tense rope or wire which has suddenly parted; also, the quality of being whiplike or flexible; flexibili...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  21. whip
    (from the article `Commons, House of`) ...both the government and opposition parties are under the control of party management within the Commons, whose discipline—particularly over ... ...succession (following the vice president). The parliamentary leaders of the two main parties are the majority floor leader and the minority floo...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/w/29

  22. whip
    (from the article `horsemanship`) The whip is used chiefly to reinforce the leg aid for control, to command attention, and to demand obedience, but it can be used as a punishment in ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/w/29

  23. Whip
    A section of feeder cable siamesed off the main line to a secondary location. (Grip/Lighting)
    Found on http://www.filmland.com/glossary/Diction

  24. whip
    A young tree. Often one that has developed a main stem but very few branches.
    Found on http://www.lpb.org/programs/forest/gloss

  25. WHIP
    To beat rapidly to incorporate air and produce expansion, as in heavy cream or egg whites.
    Found on http://www.d.umn.edu/~alphanu/cookery/gl


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