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A person who administers punishment by wielding a switch or whip
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whipper
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. agent noun of whip; a person or thing that whips.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
In rock climbing , a whipper is an especially hard or dynamic fall where the rope is weighed by a significant load. A fall is considered hard when the climber falls beyond at least one piece of protection , which in trad climbing would mean the last placed ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Whipper \Whip"per\, n. One who whips; especially, an officer who inflicts the penalty of legal whipping. One who raises coal or merchandise with a tackle from a chip's hold. [Eng.] (Spinning) A kind of simple willow.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a person who administers punishment by wielding a switch or whip [syn: switcher ]
Usage examples of whipper.
I stood up, not quite so steady as he because of the yoyogurt, and walked back along the dark hallway to the bedroom that Whipper Will shared with his girlfriend, Bingo.
The lights on PCH changed twice before the crowd got quiet enough for Whipper Will to speak.
I had a nice chat with Whipper Will and Bingo about their chances of stopping Max Toodemax from bouncing them.
Maybe Whipper Will was just relieved that for the moment the conversation had nothing to do with him.
From a breast pocket she pulled a business card and bent over to give it to Zamp, thus giving Whipper Will a really astonishing view of her ass.
Bingo and Whipper and his father could circle each other like that all afternoon.
Bingo and Whipper stood in front of the the front door swaying as they hugged.
When the Sun was just a shimmering fluorescent dome at the edge of the world, Bill and I walked through the yard where Whipper grew natural ingredients to put into his yoyogurt and, occasionally, flowers.
The fact that a guy like Whipper, with an education and a brain to use it, lived at the beach with a troupe of gazabos made him a little eccentric in his taste, if not exactly crazed.
When we were done Whipper got into the loudest Hawaiian shirt he owned and we were ready to go.
Zamp and I watched people pass while Whipper stood in line to buy a ticket.
She looked after us, stunned as if Whipper had struck her between the eyes with a mallet.
Will had hired her, hoping she could convince Whipper to come back to work.
Maybe the idea flew in because Whipper Will and Doewanit had just given me some things to think about.
I was there a few days ago with Whipper Will asking impertinent questions about credulity gas.