Crossword clues for whipped
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
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.
To drive with lashes or strokes of a whip; to cause to rotate by lashing with a cord; as, to whip a top.
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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.
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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. To thrash; to beat out, as grain, by striking; as, to whip wheat.
To beat (eggs, cream, or the like) into a froth, as with a whisk, fork, or the like.
To conquer; to defeat, as in a contest or game; to beat; to surpass. [Slang, U. S.]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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(Naut.)
To hoist or purchase by means of a whip.
To secure the end of (a rope, or the like) from untwisting by overcasting it with small stuff.
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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.
To practice extreme parsimony. [Prov. Eng.]
--Forby.To go from house to house working by the day, as itinerant tailors and carpenters do. [Prov. & U. S.]
Wiktionary
(context slang English) Controlled by a spouse or significant other to an unreasonable degree. v
(en-past of: whip)
WordNet
See whip
n. an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping
a legislator appointed by the party to enforce discipline [syn: party whip]
a dessert made of sugar and stiffly beaten egg whites or cream and usually flavored with fruit
(golf) the flexibility of the shaft of a golf club
v. beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced" [syn: flog, welt, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce]
defeat thoroughly; "He mopped up the floor with his opponents" [syn: worst, pip, mop up, rack up]
thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash; "The tall grass whipped in the wind"
strike as if by whipping; "The curtain whipped her face" [syn: lash]
whip with or as if with a wire whisk; "whisk the eggs" [syn: whisk]
subject to harsh criticism; "The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday"; "the professor scaled the students"; "your invectives scorched the community" [syn: blister, scald]
Wikipedia
Whipped is a 2000 comedy film directed by Peter M. Cohen.
Whipped or whipping may refer to: Nate Fenton
- Sean Vallely, Number 2 most whipped man behind Gunnars Salimans
- Whipped (film), a 2000 independent comedy film
- Whipped!, an album by Faster Pussycat
- "Whipped", a song by Axium from The Story Thus Far
- "Whipping" (song), a 1994 song by grunge band Pearl Jam, from their album Vitalogy
Usage examples of "whipped".
No doubt the affronted Marquis vo Derrivalle would order the erring Borlo Bunison soundly whipped.
Standing now at the edge of this pond, Ambler whipped his fishing rod back and forth, trying to drop the tiny dot of burgundy fly into the yellow plastic hoop floating thirty feet away.
Whereupon Heeber whipped off his apron, shrugged his meat-cleaver shoulders into a tweed coat, jumped up in the air and slid down inside his raincoat, slung on his beardy cap, and thrust us at the door.
The greatest fear is that one may be whipped many times and sent to the bedin tent to heal-or one may be whipped to death upon the instant.
Tightly as he had nailed and battened the tar-paper to the shanty, blizzard winds had torn it loose and whipped it to shreds, letting in the snow at sides and roof.
I whipped my old Chevy right on Stucky, right again on Fussenegger, right on Blough, and then right one more time, putting me back again on the highway.
The wind whipped his blunter, billowing it out, and his ID disk glinted before he caught his balance and yanked his jacket closed.
There was life in the wagon, inside it, and for a brief moment as the bowstring whipped air and his eye held the target, he felt hearts beating from within.
Marat came through the gates, but the wounded herdbane whipped around at the sudden motion, snapping and lashing with its brassy beak, driving the Marat back.
That was the respect he wanted, from the bastards in Brewhouse Lane who had said he would never amount to anything and who had whipped him bloody because he was a bastard off the streets.
He chortled gleefully as his mandibular appendages curled and uncurled and whipped the air.
Harrison, still crouched over Marcie on the floor, whipped his head around and stared up at Chase with an animal fear so intense Chase could smell it.
Dana and I sat there while Medill and his whipped delegation clumped out of the White House.
It struck the Mong at the knees, a bone crushing blow, and the chain whipped around the shattered knees.
Frosted leaves crunched under his feet, the occasional twig whipped his face or brushed his shoulder, and everywhere the decaying mushroomy smell of the woodland assailed him.