whipn.
/wɪp/, U.S. /(h)wɪp/ I. The instrument of flagellation, and connected senses.
1.
a. An instrument for flogging or beating, consisting either of a rigid rod or stick with a lash of cord, leather, etc. attached, or of a flexible switch with or without a lash, used for driving horses, chastising human beings, and other purposes.
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society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > instrument or place of corporal punishment > [noun] > whip or scourge
swepea700
scourgea1225
whipc1325
swaipa1400
flagellec1430
flail?a1475
foueta1492
scorpion1541
lash1577
sot1588
thong1592
chawbuck1698
knout1716
taw1787
flagellum1807
c1325 Gloss. W. de Bibbesw. in Wright Voc. 154 Ses chivaus deyt le charetter De sa fowette [gloss a quippe] ou de sa ryote gyer [gloss haling-wippe].
c1340 Nominale (Skeat) 886 Chareter ad sa reorte, Carter hathe his wippe.
c1386 G. Chaucer Second Nun's Tale 406 For which Almachius dide hym so bete With whippe of leed, til he the lif gan lete.
c1450 Cov. Myst. (Shaks. Soc.) 315 Bynde hym to a pelere,..Than skorge hym with qwyppys.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Prov. xxvi. A Vnto the horse belongeth a whyppe, to the Asse a brydle, and a rodde to the fooles backe.
1567 Aldeburgh Rec. in Notes & Queries 12th Ser. 7 142/2 Pd to Sponer for his attendans at ye churche wth ye whyppe..xd.
1597 in J. Melvill's Autob. & Diary (Wodrow Soc.) 432 Into thy youthe, rejose to tholl the whupe.
1651 Maldon (Essex) Borough Deeds (Bundle 82, No. 2) xiid. paid Samuell Sturgeon for punishing of three persons by the whipp.
1735 W. Somervile Chace ii. 112 The clust'ring Pack..hear with respect thy Whip Loud-clanging.
1807 R. Southey Lett. from Eng. II. 48 The coachman smacked his whip.
1868 F. E. Paget Lucretia 173 Flick, flick, flick, went the whip.
b. In figurative or allusive use: cf. scourge n. 2, 3.
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the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > activities of God > [noun] > trial or punishment by > scourge
scourgea1382
whipc1386
theomastix1634
c1386 G. Chaucer Merchant's Tale 427 She may be youre purgatorie She may be goddes meene and goddes whippe.
1406 T. Hoccleve La Male Regle 118 Seeknesse, y meene, riotoures whippe.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. ccxxxiiij This act established chiefly sixe articles, wherof..of some it was named the whip with sixe. strynges.
1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iii. i. 169 And I forsoth in loue, I that haue been loues whip ? View more context for this quotation
1625 T. Dekker Rod for Run-awayes sig. A3v Iehouah, when he is angry, holds three Whips..the Sword, Pestilence and famine.
1647 (title) A Fresh Whip for all scandalous Lyers.
1700 N. Rowe Ambitious Step-mother iii. iii Revenge shall..with her Iron whips Lash forth this lazy Ague from my Blood.
1817 I. D'Israeli Curiosities of Lit. 1st Ser. III. 312 Fanatics, who had..smarted under the satirical whips of the Dramatists.
1881 J. P. Sheldon Dairy Farming 177/3 Artificial manures act as ‘whips’ or stimulants.
c. transferred. The occupation or art of driving horses; coachmanship.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > [noun] > art of driving horse-drawn vehicle
coachmanship1776
drivership1792
whip1792
whipmanship1797
whip-craft1865
1792 T. Holcroft Road to Ruin ii. 25 You may challenge the whole fraternity of the whip to match you.
1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor viii*, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. II. 190 The coachman of the Marquis,..observing the rival charioteer was mending his pace, resolved, like a true brother of the whip,..to vindicate his right of precedence.
1837 ‘Nimrod’ Chace, Turf, & Road ii. 127 The taste for the whip has undoubtedly declined.
d. Phrases. a fair crack of the whip (colloquial): a fair chance to participate or act. †to drink or lick (up) on the whip: to have a ‘taste’ of the whip, to get a flogging. †a whip and a bell: something that detracts from one's comfort or pleasure (in allusion to the ancient Roman custom of attaching a whip and a bell to the chariot of a triumphing general, to drive away evil). whip and spur (adverbial, usually with ride): using both the whip and the spur to urge the horse on; at one's utmost speed, at a furious pace: cf. spur n.1 2a whip behind!, a cry to the driver of a horse vehicle calling his attention to the presence of some one riding on the back of the vehicle without his knowledge.
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society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > beat or flog [verb (intransitive)] > be beaten
to drink or lick (up) on the whipa1500
to lick of the whipa1500
to have it1599
vapulate1783
to eat stick1862
to get laldy1889
the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > moving swiftly in specific manner [phrase] > in or with haste
in hastec1300
whip and spura1500
at (the) post1507
in post1525
in a pelter1861
the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > [noun] > unpleasantness > that which is unpleasant
unthankc897
offensiona1382
offencec1425
displeasure1470
pill1548
phlegm1567
water in a person's shoes1624
a whip and a bell1644
nastiness1718
disagreeable1726
watera1734
embitterer1752
disagreement1778
disagreeablism1835
grit1876
bad news1918
nasty1959
scuzz1968
napalm1984
society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [adverb] > riding fast
upon the switch and spur1597
tantivy1648
whip and spur1681
hell-for-leather1889
society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > [phrase] > warning to coachman
whip behind!1835
the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [noun] > chance or opportunity
chance1297
occasiona1382
opportunitya1387
fair play?a1500
main chance1577
venturea1625
opening1752
ettle1768
slant1837
sporting chance1897
open go1918
a fair crack of the whip1929
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. iii. 41 For youre long taryyng Ye shal lik on the whyp.
1576 G. Gascoigne Steele Glas 688 He shal be sure, to drinke upon the whippe.
1644 J. Cleveland Char. London Diurnall 4 In all this Triumph there is a whip and a Bell.
1681 Heraclitus Ridens 7 June 1/1 Care and the compleat Character-man are riding Whip & Spur who shall have the next vacancy in Bedlam.
1684 T. Otway Atheist i. 7 To get rid of that Whip and a Bell, call'd thy Wife.
1742 A. Pope New Dunciad 191 Each fierce Logician..Came whip and spur, and dash'd thro' thin and thick.
1814 W. Scott Waverley III. xvii*. 272 I rode whip and spur to fetch the Chevalier. View more context for this quotation
1835 J. D. Carrick Laird of Logan (1841) 307 Some wandeidy weans cried ‘whip behind! whip behind!’
1929 K. S. Prichard Coonardoo 179 I'll see you get a fair crack of the whip now, Mr. Watt.
1945 L. Glassop We were Rats 2 I am sorry to have to tell you that the Lord's had a fair crack of the whip and He's missed the bus.
1957 Technology Oct. 271/1 We should give the technical high school a trial..with a fair crack of the whip when the talent is being handed round.
1971 Radio Times 19 Aug. 50/1 It is the first time in 4½ years that those opposing the present abortion law have been given a really fair crack of the whip on a B.B.C. panel.
2.
a. An object resembling a whip: a slender flexible branch of a plant; a twig, sprig, switch; a collection or growth of such branches.
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the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > [noun] > bough or branch > flexible and slender
rodc1275
wanda1300
wicker?1507
whip1585
switch1616
sway1630
withe1817
1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 146/1 Flagellum,..the whip or smal toptwig of the vine.
1881 E. Ingersoll Oyster-industry (10th Census U.S.: Bureau of Fisheries) 250 Whips, slender branches used to mark the bounds of oyster-beds. (Connecticut.)
1908 S. E. White Riverman xv What, in the early year, had been merely a whip of brush, now had become a screen.
b. = whip aerial n. at whip- comb. form 1c.
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society > communication > telecommunication > radio communications > radio equipment > [noun] > aerial
radiator1897
aerial wire1899
aerial1902
antenna1902
loop antenna1906
loop aerial1913
twin aerial1913
frame aerial1916
loop1922
beam aerial1926
cage aerial1926
Adcock1928
dipole1929
V antenna1932
beam antenna1935
rig1935
horn1936
whip1940
whip aerial1941
whip antenna1943
polyrod1945
unipole1945
slot aerial1946
slot antenna1946
dish1948
quad1951
V aerial1961
dish aerial1962
rectenna1964
omni-antenna1966
monopole1974
1940 Electronics July 68/2 The whip is used to increase the capacitance and to carry some current to greater heights.
1960 Pract. Wireless 36 342/2 The aerial is an 8 ft. ‘whip’ which is swung into the vertical on arrival at a stopping place, being attached to the side of the caravan permanently, on an insulator.
1976 S9 (N.Y.) Feb. 34/1 They are factory pretuned..and will take up to 500 watts of power, radiating from a 46-inch stainless steel whip.
3.
a. A blow or stroke with, or as with, a whip; a lash, stripe; plural a flogging. Now only Scottish.
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society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [noun] > with whip or scourging > stroke or stripe
lashc1330
bendc1400
whipc1425
stripec1485
leash?a1513
jerk1555
scourge1741
switch1809
c1425 Wyntoun Cron. iii. ii. 294 Wiþe a cheik bane of ane as,..He let about hym qwype for qwype.
1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus ii. f. 29v He wyll gyue hym a whip.
1567 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. v. 38 It war weill wairit he gat his quhippis.
1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. i. 72 For who would beare the whips and scornes of time. View more context for this quotation
1879 G. MacDonald Sir Gibbie xxi He's a coorse cratur, an' maun hae's whups.
b. figurative. An attack, access (of illness or calamity). Scottish. (Cf. whiff n.1 1c.)
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > [noun] > bout or attack of
onfalleOE
cothec1000
bitc1175
accessc1300
attacha1400
shota1400
swalma1400
storm1540
excess?1541
accession1565
qualm1565
oncome1570
grasha1610
attachment1625
ingruence1635
turn1653
attack1665
fit1667
surprise1670
drow1727
tossa1732
irruption1732
sick1808
tout1808
whither1808
spell1856
go1867
whip1891
1891 ‘H. Haliburton’ Ochil Idylls 89 Ye chose me—at a whip o' dearth—To represent ye.
1894 ‘I. Maclaren’ Lachlan Campbell in Beside Bonnie Brier Bush iii If a body hes a bit whup o' illness.
c. plural. Abundance, ‘lots’. dialect, Australian, and New Zealand. (Cf. lashing n.1 b.)
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the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > (a) great quantity or amount
felec825
muchc1230
good wone1297
plentyc1300
bushelc1374
sight1390
mickle-whata1393
forcea1400
manynessa1400
multitudea1400
packc1400
a good dealc1430
greata1450
sackful1484
power1489
horseloadc1500
mile1508
lump1523
a deal?1532
peckc1535
heapa1547
mass1566
mass1569
gallon1575
armful1579
cart-load1587
mickle1599
bushelful1600–12
a load1609
wreck1612
parisha1616
herd1618
fair share1650
heapa1661
muchness1674
reams1681
hantle1693
mort1694
doll?1719
lift1755
acre1759
beaucoup1760
ton1770
boxload1795
boatload1807
lot1811
dollop1819
swag1819
faggald1824
screed1826
Niagara1828
wad1828
lashings1829
butt1831
slew1839
ocean1840
any amount (of)1848
rake1851
slather1857
horde1860
torrent1864
sheaf1865
oodlesa1867
dead load1869
scad1869
stack1870
jorum1872
a heap sight1874
firlot1883
oodlings1886
chunka1889
whips1888
God's quantity1895
streetful1901
bag1917
fid1920
fleetful1923
mob1927
bucketload1930
pisspot1944
shitload1954
megaton1957
mob-o-ton1975
gazillion1978
buttload1988
shit ton1991
1888 G. G. B. Sproat Rose o' Dalma Linn 242 He'll hae whups o' tabacca.
1897 I. Scott How I stole over 10,000 Sheep vii. 29 I was glad to hear Jim come cantering up with ‘whips’ of bread, cheese, beer and horse-feed.
1904 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Apr. 558/2 I must have lost ‘whips’ of blood.
1928 ‘Brent of Bin Bin’ Up Country xi. 183 Whips of room for us both.
1948 R. Finlayson Tidal Creek i. vi. 59 ‘Didn't think old Podder would ever bother about that bit of land,’ says Uncle Ted. ‘Got whips of land.’
1961 G. Farwell Vanishing Australian 182 Then you want capital—whips of it.
4.
a. One who wields a driving-whip; a driver of horses, a coachman. (Usually with descriptive adjective or phrase expressing skill or style.)
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > driver or operator of vehicle > [noun] > driver of horses
whipstock1615
whipster1651
whip1775
whipman1797
1775 R. B. Sheridan Rivals i. i None of the London whips of any degree of ton wear wigs now.
1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) xiii. 128 You're a wery good whip, and can do what you like with your horses.
?1856 F. E. Smedley Harry Coverdale's Courtship v. 31 The old boy is nothing of a whip.
1884 Earl of Malmesbury Mem. Ex-Minister I. 16 He..drove four-in-hand better than any whip between Windsor and London.
b. Printing. A compositor who sets type speedily.
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society > communication > printing > printer > [noun] > compositor > speedy
swift1841
whip1890
1890 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang II. 409/1 Whip... (Printers), quick setter of type.
a1974 P. Evett in J. Burnett Useful Toil (1974) iii. 333 I was put into the piece ‘ship’ on the paper, where I can truly say I held my own, though I was no whip.
1978 Times Lit. Suppl. 15 Sept. 1022/4 An average compositor at that time would have set a thousand characters or ens an hour, and a ‘whip’, or fast setter on piece-work, would have set upwards of fifteen hundred.
5. Hunting. = whipper-in n. 1.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > hunter > [noun] > attendant on hounds
fewtererc1400
bernera1425
hound's-swainc1475
brackener1490
piqueur1580
dog boy1612
vauterer1679
whipper-in1739
whipper1826
whip1848
velterer1911
1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair xlv. 405 The two whips..possessing marvellous dexterity in casting the points of their long heavy whips at the thinnest part of any dog's skin who dares to straggle.
1860 W. P. Lennox Pict. Sporting Life I. 197 Gentlemen, I have been with you thirty-two years—one year as second whip, five as first whip, and twenty-six as huntsman.
6. A member of a particular party in Parliament whose duty it is to secure the attendance of members of that party on the occasion of an important division. Originally called whipper-in (whipper-in n. 2). There is a variable number of Government Whips (under a Chief Whip) in both Houses of Parliament, who receive salaries paid out of public money. The Chief Whip in the Commons is the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury. In 1964, the additional post of Assistant Government Whip was created, several of whom are appointed.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > English or British parliament > [noun] > Member of Parliament > whip
whipper-in1772
whip1850
1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. vi. 52 Captain Raff, the honourable member for Epsom,..retired after the last Goodwood races, having accepted, as Mr. Hotspur, the whip of the party, said, a mission to the Levant.
1853 C. Dickens Bleak House lviii. 558 The Whip for his party hands it about..to keep men together who want to be off.
1855 Ld. Lonsdale in Croker Papers (1884) III. 323 There never was a division where the calculators and whips were more out of their reckoning.
1884 D. Anderson ‘Scenes’ in Commons 214 Mr. Sheil, a Parnellite Whip.
1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. I. xiv. 198 There is neither Government nor Opposition; neither leaders nor whips.
7.
a. The action of ‘whipping up’ the members of a party for a Parliamentary division, or any body of persons for some united action.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > procedure of parliament or national assembly > [noun] > whipping
whip1828
whipping1834
1828 Ld. Ellenborough Diary (1881) I. 42 I hear Planta did not send out the notes for the division to-night till yesterday evening, so that there was a general idea it was not to be made a Government question... On the other side there is a perfect whip.
1832 Ld. Lyttelton in Corr. Sarah Lady L. (1912) 271 The latter was shut out, consequently there would have been 152. There must have been a great Whip.
1862 Earl Stanhope Life W. Pitt IV. 157 An anxious whip was made by both parties.
1884 E. W. Hamilton Diary 2 May (1972) II. 608 It was carried..by a majority of 2 to 1, owing no doubt in great measure to the whip-up which the Prince of Wales had made.
1894 Westm. Gaz. 8 Oct. 2/2 As a demonstration of Parnellism..it was mainly drawn from Dublin. The whip-up from the country was even less successful than formerly.
b. A call or appeal to a number of persons for contributions to a sum or fund; now usually whip-round.
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society > trade and finance > payment > contribution > [noun] > share contributed by individual
shot1519
club1660
whip1861
society > trade and finance > payment > contribution > [noun] > collecting contributions
collection1535
whip-round1861
bottling1934
society > trade and finance > payment > contribution > [noun] > share contributed by individual > for entertainment
scot-penny1319
scotc1325
shotc1475
wine lawc1488
potation penny1525
whip1861
1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. iv. 67 If they would stand a whip of ten shillings a man, they might have a new boat.
1864 J. C. Hotten Slang Dict. (new ed.) Whip, after the usual allowance of wine is drunk at mess, those who wish for more put a shilling each into a glass handed round to procure a further supply.
1874 Hotten's Slang Dict. (rev. ed.) 339 Whip-round.
a1887 R. Jefferies Toilers of Field (1892) 26 Wine ‘whips’ are formed, and the sherry circulates freely.
1887 Echo 23 Nov. 4/4 Neighbours, who knew that she had no money, instituted a ‘whip round’, and soon raised the necessary amount.
1888 Daily News 27 Dec. 3/7 A ‘whip round’..for the Robin Dinner Fund for poor children in London.
1948 M. Laski Tory Heaven i. 12 The whip-round for garments and the ladies' little cries when they were told that clothes were rationed at home.
1977 Centuryan (Office Cleaning Services) Christmas 2/3 It appears a whip-round for the drinks was suggested.
1980 A. Morice Death in Round xiv. 107 She..handed over the money that had been raised by the whip round.
1985 Times 14 June 5 The extra money will have to be found by a nonrepayable whip-round among member states.
c. The written appeal or circular letter issued by a Parliament ‘whip’ to summon the members of his party.
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society > authority > command > command or bidding > [noun] > summons or summoning
lathingc897
summonc1330
summoningc1375
summonds1385
calla1400
summation?1473
citing1485
sanda1513
whistlea1529
provocation1542
evocation1575
bidding1810
biddance1836
whip1879
society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > procedure of parliament or national assembly > [noun] > whipping > note summoning party M.P.s
treasury note1756
treasury letter1778
whip1879
1879 T. H. S. Escott England II. 149 Having issued the whip, the great thing for the whip himself is to see that members do not slip through his fingers.
1884 Liverpool Mercury 18 Feb. 5/6 The following five-lined whip, headed ‘Most important,’ has been issued to members of the Opposition.
d. the whip: the discipline that goes with being a member of a party in Parliament; an MP's membership of a party.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > procedure of parliament or national assembly > [noun] > whipping > discipline of
the whip1950
1950 W. Theimer & P. Campbell Encycl. World Politics 458/2 To decline the whip is a method of resignation from the party.
1955 Times 24 May 15/1 Some effort had been made to arrive at a non-intervention arrangement, but it broke down when Mr. Walker was asked if he would accept the Conservative whip.
1966 Listener 25 Aug. 289/1 If he is a member of the Labour Party, he is bound by the standing orders of the Parliamentary Labour Party... To defy the standing orders may involve the withdrawal of the whip.
1980 B. Castle Castle Diaries 12 The bitterness intensified when, in October 1971, sixty-nine Labour MPs, headed by Roy Jenkins, defied the Labour whip and voted for Mr. Heath's motion.
8. A preparation of whipped cream, eggs, or the like.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > food by way of preparation > [noun] > whipped dish
whip1756
zephyr1862
foam-sauce1892
1756 World 4 Nov. 1207 If he will not be satisfied with whips and creams, he may carry his voraciousness to more liberal tables.
1813 Sketches of Character (ed. 2) I. 86 There's cold meat for the men, soups for the married ladies, and puffs and whips for the girls.
1883 Amer. Dishes 157 Chocolate Whips.
9.
a. (associated or identified with sense 3) A movement as of a whip or switch; a lashing motion; spec. a slight bending movement produced by sudden strain, as in a piece of mechanism, or in the barrel of a gun when fired.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > [noun] > return towards point of departure > bouncing or springing back
springing1665
whip1889
society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > mechanism > [noun] > action or movement of
whip1889
Geneva motion1897
1889 M. E. Kennard Landing Prize (1891) xv. 113 Harry gave one backward whip of the [fishing-] rod.
1898 Jrnl. Royal U.S. Instit. Oct. 1140 The whip of the barrel when fired.
1907 Westm. Gaz. 5 Dec. 4/2 The..frame [of a motor-car] is deepened in the centre to prevent whip.
b. Cricket. A whipping or springy action of the batter's or bowler's wrist in playing or delivering the ball.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > [noun] > other batting actions
backing-up1816
slip1833
wrist-play1851
leg before1867
follow-through1891
gardening1897
wrist-work1898
whip1903
back-lift1912
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > [noun] > manner of bowling > specific
fast bowling1816
lobbing1824
bias bowling1833
windmill1867
fast-medium1890
flick1897
whip1903
swerve-bowling1930
body line1933
tweaking1949
swing bowling1953
spin-bowling1955
seam-bowling1956
pace bowling1958
nip1963
wrist-spinning1963
1903 D. L. A. Jephson in H. G. Hutchinson Cricket iv. 91 The varying ‘flicks’ or ‘whips’ of the wrist.
1923 Cricketer Ann. 1922–3 78 Kilner bowls left hand slow..has a good action with a nice ‘whip’ in it.
II. A movement, and connected senses.† 10.
a. A sudden, brisk, or hasty movement; a start; occasionally a sudden gust. Obsolete. (Cf. whip int. and adv.) †with a whip Sir John: ‘before you can say Jack Robinson’.
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the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > shortness in time [phrase] > instantaneously
as thou turnest thine handc1225
at a brusha1400
at one (also a) bruntc1450
with a whisk1487
with a whip Sir John1550
in the turn (also turning) of a hand1564
with or at a wink1585
at a blowa1616
in a wink1693
at a stroke1709
in or wi' a whid1719
in the trip of a minute1728
with a thrash1870
the twinkling of a bedpost1871
in a whisk1900
in jig-time1916
the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > [noun] > sudden > a sudden dart
startc1330
gird1545
whip1550
shoota1596
whippeta1603
snap1631
jet1647
flirt1666
whid1719
dart1721
spout1787
with a thrash1870
sprit1880
divea1897
1550 J. Heywood Hundred Epigrammes xv. sig. Avii The hare at pinche turnth from him at a whip.
a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) i. iii. sig. B.ijv No haste but good, Madge Mumblecrust, for whip and whurre The olde prouerbe doth say, neuer made good furre.
a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 259 This man..wanischit away as he had bene..ane quhipe of the whirle wind.
1583 H. Howard Defensatiue sig. Eivv The sodaine whippes of the wheele of fortune.
1631 J. Mabbe tr. F. de Rojas Spanish Bawd iii. 39 With a whip-Sir Iohn, e'r you could scarce say this, shee was heere againe.
b. Fencing. A thrust in which the blade slides along the adversary's blade.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fencing > [noun] > actions
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retreat1734
lunge1748
beat1753
disengage1771
disengagement1771
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timing1771
whip1771
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risposta1838
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traverse1892
cut-over1897
tac-au-tac riposte1907
flèche1928
replacement1933
punta dritta1961
1771 A. Lonnergan Fencer's Guide 86.
11. The brief time taken by a sudden movement; a moment, instant. Obsolete exc. Scottish.
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the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > [noun] > moment or instant
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sec.1956
?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 4577 Thre wawes..Þe whilk in to rede blode þan War turned with'in a whhipp.
1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (at cited word) In a whip, in a moment.
1836 M. Mackintosh Cottager's Daughter 65 Syne in a whip she let him in.
III. Something moved briskly.† 12. A ‘spring trap’ for catching vermin, etc.† 13. Nautical. A handle attached to the tiller, formerly used in small ships: = whipstaff n. 2. Obsolete.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > equipment > trap or snare > [noun] > trap for vermin
falleOE
mousefalleOE
stockc1175
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mousetrap1440
rat trap1469
Samson's post1577
whipa1589
a1589 L. Mascall Bk. Engines in Bk. Fishing (1590) 63 The whippe or spring trappe. This Engine, is called the whip or spring.
a1589 L. Mascall Bk. Engines in Bk. Fishing (1590) 85 A whippe spring, made..to take Buzardes and Kites.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > steering equipment > [noun] > helm > tiller > handle attached to
whip1611
whipstaff1627
whipstock1682
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Barre La barre du timon, the whip of the Rudder (of a ship).
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Barre Molinet,..the roll wherein the whip of a Rudders tiller goes.
a1625 H. Mainwaring Nomenclator Navalis (Harl. 2301) The Whippe is that staff which the Steeres-man dooth houlde in his hand, whereby he gouernes the helme..... In greate shipps they are not vsed.
14. Each of the arms or radii carrying the sails in a windmill.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > mills > [noun] > windmill > sail > part supporting or associated with
sail wand1342
sailyard1351
shroud1629
sail-arm1760
whip1760
uplong1819
wind-shaft1825
sail-axle1868
1760 J. Smeaton in Philos. Trans. 1759 (Royal Soc.) 51 149 The extreme bar is 1–3d of the radius (or whip, as it is called by the workmen), and is divided by the whip in the proportion of 3 to 5.
1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 599/1 In all the older windmills a shaft..carried four to six arms or whips on which long rectangular narrow sails were spread.
15.
a. A simple kind of tackle or pulley, consisting of a single block with a rope rove through it ( single whip); used on board ship, and in mining, etc. for hoisting, esp. light objects.A double whip, whip on whip, or whip and runner consists of a standing block and a running block, the ‘fall’ or rope of the former being attached to the latter. whip and derry = whipsy-derry n.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > tackle > for hoisting light objects
whip1769
whipping-hoist1875
whip gina1884
whipping-jigger1895
1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Whip, a sort of small tackle..used to hoist up light bodies, as empty casks, &c. out of a ship's hold, which is accordingly called whipping them up.
1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis 179 In this winding by the whip, a strict attention should be paid to the filling the kibbals to the brim.
1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple II. ix. 149 He..made a whip, and lowered me on deck.
1846 A. Young Naut. Dict. 367 Whip-upon-whip, or a double Whip, is one whip applied to the fall of another.
1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Whip and Derry, an arrangement for raising the kibble, by means of a rope merely passing over a pulley and attached to a horse.
1904 W. H. Fitchett Commander of ‘Hirondelle’ xvii. 191 A whip was being rigged from the mainyard to hoist in the wounded.
b. (See quot. 1808.)
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1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Wheeps, the name given to the instrument used for raising, what are called the bridgeheads of a mill.
16. A fairground roundabout in which a continuous revolving chain carries a number of cars or tubs round an oval track, the tubs being pivoted so as to swing freely about their point of attachment to the chain.A proprietary name in the U.S.
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society > leisure > entertainment > place of amusement or entertainment > fairground or amusement park > [noun] > fairground ride > merry-go-round
carousel1673
whimsic chair?c1684
whimsy1684
merry-go-round1729
roundabout1763
turnabout1789
whirligig1816
spin-'em-round1851
go-round1857
whirly-go-round1865
merry-go-around1873
giddy-go-round1879
go-around1888
razzle-dazzle1890
joy-wheel1911
chairoplane1922
whip1925
Noah's Ark1945
waltzer1961
swirl1962
1925 P. G. Wodehouse Carry on, Jeeves vi. 152 I could hardly drag him away from the Whip, and as for the Switchback, he looked like spending the rest of his life on it.
1937 K. Hull & P. Whitlock Far-distant Oxus xx. 277 Bridget, Anthony, and Peter went off for a ride on the ‘Whip’.
1969 L. Moody Ruthless Ones ix. 96 They went into the fun fair and tried the big dipper, the wheel, the whip.
1976 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 8 June tm89 A. G. Mangels Co., Inc., Bay Shore, N.Y... Whip. For carnival type amusement ride... First use since at least as early as 1914.
1979 C. Wood James Bond & Moonraker v. 61 ‘The Whip’ of his childhood days, but revolving at a speed that would have..hurled it half-way across the fairground.
IV. Senses relating to sewing and weaving.
17. Needlework. A stitch of the kind described at whip v. 18; an overcast stitch; the projecting portion of the stuff between such stitches.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [noun] > sewing or work sewn > stitch > overcast stitch
whip1592
whip-stitch1640
overstitch1867
overcast stitch1891
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [noun] > sewing or work sewn > stitch > overcast stitch > projecting portion of fabric between
whip1882
1592 R. Greene Vision sig. D2 A Stomacher of Tuft Mockado, and a Partlet cast ouer with a prittie whippe.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Whip,..a round sort of a Stitch in Sowing.
1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 519 Take up every Whip, or portion of the roll, between the stitches.
18. Weaving. (See quots.)
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [noun] > for other specific purpose
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pack-line1447
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pack-twine1645
whip1825
basket-twine1833
stocking-yarn1835
draw thread1839
mending1882
straw cotton1882
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > ornamental textiles > ornamental trimmings > [noun] > ribbon > specific > ornamental additions in
whip1825
1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 415 In the weaving of ribands and other ornamental works, many extraneous substances, totally unconnected with the warp or weft, are thrown in... These substances are merely held in the fabric by the intersection of..the warp and the weft, and are by the weavers denominated whips.
1863 J. Watson Theory & Pract. Weaving vi. 206 Whip is the name given to that kind of yarn which is used for making the figures in lappet weaving, and it is made by twisting together so many ends of common yarn.
V. Something that surrounds a wound, etc.† 19. A bandage. Scottish. Obsolete.† 20. A wreath, garland. Scottish. Obsolete.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > bandage > [noun]
swathec1050
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whip1504
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swath-band1556
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selvage1599
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1504 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1900) II. 465 For claith to be wippes to Johne Balfouris sair leg.
1507 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1902) IV. 15 For iiij elne Holland clath quhilk wes wippes to the Kingis arm that wes hurt.
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the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > floriculture and flower arranging > [noun] > flower arrangement > garland or wreath
flower-garland1303
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aneusc1500
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anadem1598
wreathing1600
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lei1843
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1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xii. iii. 19 Thar hedis dycht In wyppis of the haly herb vervane.
Draft additions 1993
A wrestling technique by which one's opponent is hurled into a somersault by a sharp wrench of the forearm. Irish whip (Anglo-Irish), a brawling shoulder throw.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > wrestling > [noun] > manoeuvres
swengOE
turn?c1225
castc1400
trip1412
fall?a1425
foil1553
collar1581
lock1598
faulx1602
fore-hip1602
forward1602
inturn1602
mare1602
hug1617
disembracement1663
buttock1688
throw1698
back-lock1713
cross-buttock1713
flying horse1713
in holds1713
buttocker1823
chip1823
dogfall1823
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hitch1834
bear hug1837
backfall1838
stop1840
armlock1841
side hug1842
click1846
catch-hold1849
back-breaker1867
back-click1867
snap1868
hank1870
nelson1873
headlock1876
chokehold1886
stranglehold1886
hip lock1888
heave1889
strangle1890
pinfall1894
strangler's grip1895
underhold1895
hammer-lock1897
scissor hold1897
body slam1899
scissors hold1899
armbar1901
body scissors1903
scissors grip1904
waist-hold1904
neck hold1905
scissors1909
hipe1914
oshi1940
oshi-dashi1940
oshi-taoshi1940
pindown1948
lift1958
whip1958
Boston crab1961
grapevine1968
powerbomb1990
1958 B. Behan Borstal Boy iii. 280 He pulled me by the wrist over his shoulder, in what they called at home the Irish Whip.
1967 ‘E. McGirr’ Hearse with Horses vii. 164 There is a wrestling throw called the whip... It is spectacular and Piron felt the snap of bone in his forearm as he flew across the room.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
whipv.
/wɪp/, U.S. /(h)wɪp//hwɪpt/, whipt. Forms: Middle English wippen, hwippen, Middle English wippe, wype, Middle English–1500s wyppe, whippe, Middle English whype, Middle English–1500s whyppe, 1500s quip, wyp, Scottish quhip(pe, quhyppe, 1700s–1800s Scottish wheep, 1800s Scottish and dialect wip, 1700s– Scottish and U.S. dialect whup, 1500s– whip. I. To move briskly, etc.† 3. To pierce with a sword-thrust; to run through. Obsolete slang.
1. intransitive.† a. To flap violently with the wings.† c. with it, in same sense (see also whippet v.); also figurative in to whip it in with, ? to ingratiate oneself with. Obsolete.
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the world > animals > by habits or actions > habits and actions > [verb (intransitive)] > of wings: flap or beat > flap violently with the wings
whipa1250
a1250 Owl & Night. (Cotton MS.) 1066 Þi song mai bo so longe genge Þat þu shalt wippen [v.r. hwippen] on a sprenge.
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 8197 When þey hadde longe to-gyder smyten,..Wyppyng wyþ wenges,..Cracchyng wiþ clawes.
b. gen. (†occasionally reflexive). To make a sudden brisk movement; to move hastily or nimbly; to slip or shift quickly; almost always with adverbial complement (about, in, off, out, etc.).
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > move in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > move vigorously or violently
whipc1440
the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > move swiftly in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > move swiftly and suddenly
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smite?c1225
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spritc1400
whipc1440
skrim1487
glance1489
spang1513
whip1540
squirt1570
flirt1582
fly1590
sprunt1601
flame1633
darta1640
strike1639
jump1720
skite1721
scoot1758
jink1789
arrow1827
twitch1836
skive1854
sprint1899
skyhoot1901
catapult1928
slingshot1969
book1977
c1440 Alphabet of Tales 363 Sho..saw þe dure was oppyn, & whippid in & lokkid þe dure faste.
1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 69v When he by chaunce sawe a mous rennyng and whippyng about from place to place.
1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Mark ii. f. 13–17 The sicke of the palsey, when he whipt out of his bed, and went home vnto his house.
1592 R. Greene Disput. Conny-catcher sig. B4 Why then quoth shee, steppe into this Closet, hee whipt in hastely.
1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing i. iii. 56 I whipt me behind [1623 I whipt behind] the arras. View more context for this quotation
a1604 M. Hanmer Chron. Ireland 188 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) The Bishop seeing..the imminent danger, whipt out at a backe doore.
1751 S. Richardson Clarissa (ed. 3) IV. xlii. 261 I can land these Ladies in France; whip over before they can get a passage back, [etc.].
1773 O. Goldsmith She stoops to Conquer v. 93 If your own horses be ready, you may whip off with cousin.
1787 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 215 Oh, rare! to see our elbucks wheep, And a' like lamb-tails flyin.
1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin II. xxxix. 262 We'll whip in at the back door.
1876 Coursing Cal. 19 The hare then whipped downhill.
1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island iii. xiii. 107 He whipped out of sight in a moment.
1907 J. H. Patterson Man-eaters of Tsavo xvii. 186 The moment he [sc. a rhinoceros] got wind of me, he whipped round in his tracks like a cat and came for me.
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the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > move swiftly in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > move swiftly and suddenly
windc897
shootc1000
smite?c1225
flatc1300
lash13..
girda1400
shock?a1400
spara1400
spritc1400
whipc1440
skrim1487
glance1489
spang1513
whip1540
squirt1570
flirt1582
fly1590
sprunt1601
flame1633
darta1640
strike1639
jump1720
skite1721
scoot1758
jink1789
arrow1827
twitch1836
skive1854
sprint1899
skyhoot1901
catapult1928
slingshot1969
book1977
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > flatter servilely or curry favour with [verb (transitive)]
flatter1340
to claw the back ofc1394
to pick a thank (also thanks)c1422
clawc1425
to claw by the sleeve1509
to claw by the backa1542
fawna1568
to make or pay (one's) court to1590
adulate1612
hug1622
sycophant1637
to make up to1701
to whip it in with1702
cultivate1706
incense1708
to wheedle in with1726
to grandfather up1747
slaver1794
toad1802
to play up to ——1809
nut1819
toady1827
bootlick1846
to suck up to1860
lickspittle1886
jolly1890
bum-suck1918
arse-lick1919
to cosy up to1937
brown-nose1948
ass-kiss1951
ass-lick1962
love-bomb1976
1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus ii. iv. sig. Mivv Whipping it aboute for ioye.
1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais Pantagruel's Voy.: 4th Bk. Wks. iv. lv. 216 Let's whip it away.
1702 T. Brown Amusem. Serious & Comical (ed. 2) iii. 46 I found my Neighbour K——..was made a Commission Officer by the Name of Captain Whipp 'em. I..Judg'd he had been Whipping it in with the Gentlewoman before mention'd.
2.
a. transitive. To move (something) in some way suddenly or briskly; to take, put, pull, push, strike, cut, flourish, etc. with a sudden vigorous movement or action; figurative to ‘come out with’, utter suddenly. Almost always with adverbial complement (away, off, out, up, etc.).
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the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > kill [verb (transitive)] > by beheading
to lash offc1330
whipc1380
off-whipa1400
to shorten by the head1530
firkc1540
to short (a person) by the head or knees1548
neckc1712
the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > move or cause to move swiftly in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > cause to move swiftly and suddenly
whipc1380
shock?a1400
whop14..
the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > make (more) violent [verb (transitive)] > cause by violent activity
whip1889
the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] > without restraint, openly, or recklessly > blurt out
braid1562
blurt1573
bolt1577
plump1579
sot1608
to bounce out (with)c1626
flirt1641
blutter1684
to come right out with1861
to give vent1870
blat1879
whip1889
c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) 1617 Wyþ þat strok A wypede of his heued.
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 2249 When þou wypped of my hede at a wap one.
c1450 Mankind 788 in Macro Plays 29 I wyppe yt in þi cote; a-non yt wer don.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid x. vii. 128 With hys brycht brand his rycht hand he of quhyppyt.
c1540 Bk. Fayre Gentylwoman B j She [sc. Fortune] whyppeth her wheele about.
1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 2173/2 I stirred out of my bed & whipt on my hose.
1600 A. Munday et al. First Pt. True Hist. Sir I. Old-castle sig. C2 He..leapes behind me, whippes my purse away.
1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iv. i. 9 I..Call'd, which Hamlet no sooner heard, but whips me Out his rapier.
a1704 T. Brown Char. Jacobite Clergy in 4th Vol. Wks. (1711) 262 If they can but get to be a Lord's Chaplain, they immediately whip on a long Scarf.
1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. xxxi. 165 I popt down, and whipt my Fingers under the upper Tile.
1773 O. Goldsmith She stoops to Conquer ii. 45 I'll engage to whip her off to France.
1821 Life D. Haggart (ed. 2) 98 I wheep't out my chive.
1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham I. iii. 24 ‘Ah! Grant, Grant!’ said Lord Vincent, eagerly, who saw another opportunity of whipping in a pun.
1829 T. P. Thompson in Westm. Rev. Jan. 6 When the Protestants found themselves in danger of being oppressed..they whipt another king upon the throne, and kept him there.
1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond III. v. 127 Whipping a dozen into prison or into the pillory.
1889 W. C. Russell Marooned I. ii. 16 These considerations..made me whip out, ‘Miss Grant, it is settled. We sail together.’
b. slang. To drink quickly, ‘toss off’. Usually with off or up. Hence figurative (see quot. 1688).
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the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (transitive)] > drink up or off
swap?1507
swingea1529
drink1535
uphalec1540
toss1568
trill off?1589
snapa1592
to toss offa1592
to turn down1593
to top off1598
drain1604
to take off1613
outdrinka1631
whip1639
swoop1648
epote1657
to fetch off1657
ebibe1689
fetch1691
to tip off1699
to sweep off1707
tip1784
to turn over1796
1639 Deloney's Gentile Craft: 2nd Pt. (rev. ed.) ii. iii. sig. Ej When they had whipt off two or three quarts of wine.
1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. v. 24 Whip me off this glasse neatly [Fr. Fouette moy ce verre qualentement].
1688 G. Miege Great French Dict. ii. sig. Hhhhv/2 To whip off a Thing, to make short work with it, expedier (depecher promtement) quêque Chose.
1692 R. L'Estrange Life Æsop ix. 11 in Fables The Fellow..Whips up the Drink, and gives Xanthus the Pott again Empty.
1814 Sporting Mag. 44 188 Two honest quarts..down gullet whips he.
c. To make up quickly or hastily.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > [verb (transitive)] > produce or bring forth > with ease, speed, or success, or in large quantities
whip1611
to work off1653
to hit off1700
dispatchc1710
to throw off1724
to run off1759
to turn off1825
to turn out1847
to run out1872
to churn out1912
proliferate1912
slug1925
whomp1955
gurgitate1963
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Fesse-breviaire, a Priest that quickly whips ouer, or mumbles vp, his Breuiarie.
1697 J. Vanbrugh Æsop: 2nd Pt. 6 Fix upon the place of Treaty,..and whip up the Peace Like an Oyster.
1711 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1889) III. 133 The Dedication to the Master was whipp'd up.
1861 F. Nightingale Notes on Nursing (new ed.) 48 [The clever nurse] will not bring in the bad article, but not to disappoint the patient, she will whip up something else in a few minutes.
d. To pinch or steal, to make off with; †to swindle. slang (originally Criminals').
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1859 G. W. Matsell Vocabulum 95 Whipped, cheated out of a share, or equal part of the plunder.
1904 ‘No. 1500’ Life in Sing Sing xiii. 259 Holding the mark till the tool whips his stone. Engaging a person's attention till the thief succeeds in stealing his diamond.
1946 G. Kersh Clean, Bright & Slightly Oiled ii. 11 Hi, you, you give me back that dog-end you whipped.
1958 M. K. Joseph I'll soldier no More 19 ‘Where's your hat, Barnett?’.. ‘Dunno, Someone musta whipped it.’
1976 A. Miller Inside Outside xi. 173 One of them was rightly furious as the escaper had whipped (stolen) his overcoat.
1981 P. O'Donnell Xanadu Talisman ix. 182 The Shah must've whipped this... Stashed it away in a Swiss bank.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > cut of sharp weapon > cut or thrust with sword > strike with sword [verb (transitive)]
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1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Whipt through the Lungs, run through the Body with a Sword.
1710 J. Addison Tatler No. 256. ⁋1 To make the sun shine through the criminal, or,..to whip him through the lungs.
1842 C. Whitehead Richard Savage xx Why, you're not going there?.. This..fellow..would make nothing of whipping you through the body.
4. Fencing. intransitive. To make a thrust in which the blade slides along the opponent's blade. Also transitive with the blade as object.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fencing > fence [verb (intransitive)] > actions
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fencing > fence [verb (transitive)] > actions
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1771 A. Lonnergan Fencer's Guide 90 By disengaging after you whip, you have Quarte-over-the-arm.
1861 G. Chapman Foil Pract. i. 13 Some fencers..perform the Parries of Quarte and Tierce by whipping the blade, with a forward action, along that of the adversary's.
1889 W. H. Pollock et al. Fencing (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) 82 The point must be raised towards the left shoulder, the hand drawn back a little towards the fencer's left breast, so that he may whip his blade neatly over the adversary's point.
5. Nautical, etc. transitive. To hoist or lower with a whip (whip n. 15).
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society > travel > travel by water > other nautical operations > [verb (transitive)] > work tackle > specific operations on or with tackle
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1769 [implied in: W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Whip, a sort of small tackle,..generally used to hoist up light bodies, as empty casks, &c. out of a ship's hold, which is accordingly called whipping them up. (at whip n. 15a)].
1845 [implied in: Encycl. Metrop. VIII. 87/1 There is no occasion in this case, in unloading a vessel of coals, to be confined to..what is called whipping. (at whipping n. 3b)].
1872 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. 336 The chair was ‘whipped’ up again instantly.
II. To use a whip, strike with a whip.† 15. past participle. Streaked, striped. (After French fouetté.) Obsolete.
6. transitive. To strike or beat with or as with a whip.1893 H. A. Shands Some Peculiarities Speech Mississippi 68 Whup,..Negro for whip.1931 W. Faulkner Sanctuary viii. 85 You done whupped him.1939 J. Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath xxviii. 504 Whyn't ya whup her, Ma?.. Go on, give her a whup.1950 H. Patterson & E. Conrad Scottsboro Boy iii. ii. 193 I told the warden I was not guilty of the charge and didn't want to be whupped.1972 J. Gores Dead Skip v. 31 He might have come after Bart..because he wanted to whup a nigger?
a. To punish or chastise with a whip or rod; to scourge, flog. Also loosely, to beat (esp. a child) with the hand or otherwise, to spank.
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society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > administer corporal punishment [verb (transitive)] > whip or scourge
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c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋716 Eek Dauid seith: that..they shul nat been whipped with men.
1483 Cath. Angl. 416/1 To Whype, flagellare.
1583 Aldeburgh Rec. in Notes & Queries 12th Ser. VII. 367/1 Pd for a cart tht gromes maide was whipte at vid.
1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iii. ii. 411 Come thou childe, Ile whippe thee with a rodde. View more context for this quotation
1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear iv. 174 And you lye, weele haue you whipt.
1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 85 The pictures of Christ whipped, of Christ carrying his crosse, and of Christ praying in the garden.
1624 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 2) iii. ii. i. i. 356 She..whipped him [sc. Cupid]..on the bare buttocks with her pantophle.
1664 in F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (1904) II. 214 If the ‘Whelps meddle with Sheepe, they must be tied to any Dead sheepe, and whipped soundly’.
1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 76. ⁋1 I must whip my children for going into bad company.
a1731 G. Waldron Descr. Isle of Man 131 in Compl. Wks. (1731) Two or three of them seized her, and pulling up her Clothes, whipped her heartily;..she run home.., telling what had befallen her, and showing her Buttocks, on which were the Prints of several small Hands.
1752 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 18 Oct. (1932) (modernized text) V. 1958 If a poor child is to be whipped equally for telling a lie, or for a snotty nose, he must of course think them equally criminal.
1813 E. S. Barrett Heroine I. iii. 24 Master Bobby..mewed like a cat, when he was whipt.
1859 W. M. Thackeray Virginians lxii She deserves to be whipped, and sent to bed.
1868 R. Browning Ring & Bk. I. ii. 139 Ah, being young and pretty, 'twere a shame To have her whipped in public.
b. To drive away, out, etc. with a whip. Also figurative.
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the world > movement > impelling or driving > impel or drive [verb (transitive)] > by impact or force > by striking or beating
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to beat down-
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > expel > by other specific means
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to wrestle out of1638
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > command to go away [verb (transitive)] > drive away > by whipping
whip1567
1567 Stanford Churchwardens' Accts. in Antiquary (1888) 17 169/2 For whipping dogges from ye churche.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) i. i. 30 Consideration like an Angell came, And whipt th' offending Adam out of him.
1667 M. Poole Dialogue between Popish Priest & Protestant 112 Though he whipt some out of the Temple yet he never whipt any into his Church.
1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 157. ⁋1 We have so many Hundred unaccountable Creatures every Age whipped up into great Scholars.
1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 509. ⁋2 The..boys..were whipped away by a beadle.
a1822 P. B. Shelley Charles I ii, in Wks. (1870) II. 379 If all turncoats were whipped out of palaces, poor Archy would be disgraced in good company.
1878 R. Dick in Smiles R. D. viii. 82 The storm fairly whipped six vessels out of Scrabster Roads.
c. To drive or urge on (a horse, etc.) with strokes of a whip. Also (occasionally) absol.
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the world > movement > impelling or driving > impel or drive [verb (transitive)] > impel or drive animates > with blows
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to flail along1888
society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride (a horse or other animal) [verb (transitive)] > urge on > with whip
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to cut up1756
society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > drive a vehicle [verb (transitive)] > drive a horse-drawn vehicle > whip
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1587 L. Mascall Bk. Cattell: Horses (1596) 118 Let him neuer vse to beat them [sc. horses] with the stock of the whip, but to whip them with the lash.
1598 G. Chapman tr. Homer Seauen Bks. Iliades iv. 70 Saturnia whipt her horse, And heauen gates guarded by the Howers, opte by their proper force.
?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xv. 319 All whipt their chariots on.
1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho I. vi. 170 The man whipped his mules till they went as fast as possible.
1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xix. 174 The coach, and the coachman, and the horses, rattled, and jangled, and whipped.
1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond I. xiii. 305 Your lordship will upset the carriage if you whip so hotly.
1859 H. Kingsley Recoll. G. Hamlyn xiii So, whipping up his horse, he drove there.
1889 A. C. Gunter That Frenchman! xiii. 165 The driver..sees a chance to dodge through an opening in the crowded street, and suddenly whips up for the effort.
d. Hunting. whip in: to drive (hounds) with the whip back into the pack so as to prevent them from straying; absol. to act as whipper-in. whip off: to drive (the hounds) with the whip away from the chase; absol. to give over the chase.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting with hounds > hunt with hounds [verb (transitive)] > to drive away from the chase
whip off1859
the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting with hounds > hunt with hounds [verb (transitive)] > lead or drive hounds > prevent from straying
whip in1862
1739 [implied in: J. Hildrop Ess. Free-thinking 7 Should..the Postilion turn Cook, and the Whipper in resolve to be nothing less than Steward or Butler. (at whipper-in n. 1a)].
1859 Sporting Mag. Feb. 80 The hounds were whipped off, as the evening was closing on us.
1862 Sporting Mag. Dec. 438 James Stacey..formerly whipped-in to the late Lord Fitzhardinge's hounds.
1887 Field 19 Feb. 231/1 Morris Hills, who whipped in to the Queen's Stag~hounds under Davis and King.
e. To spin (a top) by striking it with a whip.
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society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > top > [verb (transitive)] > whip top
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1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. i. 62 Thou disputes like an Infant: goe whip thy Gigg. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) v. i. 25 Since I..plaide Trewant, and whipt Top. View more context for this quotation
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis vii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 416 As young Striplings whip the Top for sport.
1874 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera (1896) II. xxxvii. 273 A nice little girl whipping a top on the pavement.
7.
a. Confectionery, etc. To beat up into a froth (cream, eggs, etc.) with a fork, spoon, or other instrument; to prepare (a fancy dish) in this way; also figurative. See also quot. 1845.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > general preparation processes > perform general preparation processes [verb (transitive)] > whip
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1673 [implied in: J. Dryden Marriage a-la-Mode iv. iii. 63 The dull French Poetry..so thin, that it is the very Leaf-gold of Wit, the very Wafers and whip'd Cream of sense. (at whipped adj. 3)].
1691 [implied in: T. Shadwell Scowrers ii. i. 10 To make clouted cream, and whipt Sillabubs. (at whipped adj. 3)].
1752 E. Moxon Eng. Housewifery (new ed.) 137 Whip it with a whisk, take off the froth as it rises.
1845 G. E. Day tr. J. F. Simon Animal Chem. I. 177 If the blood be whipt with due care, the fibrin is obtained as a thick..mass, surrounding the twigs of the rod.
1849 C. Brontë Shirley III. xiii. 278 When did I whip up syllabub sonnets?
1895 Montrésor One who looked on 7 I went to the kitchen to whip a strawberry cream.
b. intransitive. Of cream: to be capable of being whipped.
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the world > food and drink > food > dairy produce > [verb (intransitive)] > capable of being whipped
whip1943
1943 Mod. Lang. Notes 58 13 Cream whips quickly.
1979 A. Parker Country Recipe Notebk. viii. 108 Single cream..will not whip.
8. Angling. To cast the line upon the water with a movement like the stroke of a whip; to draw a fly or other bait along the surface by such a movement; intransitive, or transitive with the bait or (usually) the water as object.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > type or method of fishing > [verb (intransitive)] > cast
whip1653
to throw in1711
roll cast1947
the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > type or method of fishing > [verb (transitive)] > cast
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1653 [implied in: I. Walton Compl. Angler xi. 205 There is no better sport then whipping for Bleaks in a boat in a Summers evening.
1832 E. Bulwer-Lytton Eugene Aram I. i. ix. 145 Now he whipped it [sc. the fly] lightly on the wave; now he slid it coquettishly along the surface.
1838 G. P. R. James Robber I. ii. 19 He prepared to ascend the stream, whipping it as he went with the light fly.
1883 W. Black Shandon Bells xxix He worked away, whipping industriously and mechanically.
1904 H. Bindloss League of Leopard ii [He] whipped several pools unsuccessfully.
9.
a. transitive. To strike like a whip, lash; to move or drive in this way.
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the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > strike with specific thing [verb (transitive)] > strike with an object > with something pliant
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the world > movement > impelling or driving > impel or drive [verb (transitive)] > by impact or force > by striking or beating
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to knock in1669
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to beat down-
1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. iii. vi. 69 The Wind..blew so violently..that the Boughs of the Trees whipt them..before they got thither.
1796 W. H. Marshall Planting I. 150 The plants..will..become liable to lash each other's tops, with every blast of wind. This evil is called whipping of tops.
1799 W. Nicol Pract. Planter iv. §9. 219 Suffer no plant to overtop or whip another; keep the extremities of all side branches just touching one another.
1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxii. 186 One gusty, raw day..the rain whipping the pavement.
1868 Ld. Lytton Orval in New Poems II. 177 On the wind That whips me through this wither'd waste?
1882 Garden 14 Jan. 25/3 The foliage..whipped by the branches of other trees.
1884 R. Marsden Cotton Spinning 90 The primitive method of whipping the cotton with willow wands.
b. intransitive. To lash, swish; also, to bend or spring like a whip or switch.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > pliableness > be pliable [verb (intransitive)]
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > move backwards [verb (intransitive)] > return towards point of departure > bounce or spring back
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1872 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. 44/1 Lest the twigs should whip back into my face.
1893 H. M. Doughty Our Wherry in Wendish Lands 76 We could see the mast..whip with the weight.
1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders iii. 32 The chill wind whipping about my shanks.
10. transitive. To bring, get, render, make, or produce by whipping (literal or figurative).
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the world > existence and causation > causation > [verb (transitive)] > bring (a person or thing) into a state or condition > by talking, working, running, etc.
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society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > administer corporal punishment [verb (transitive)] > whip or scourge > bring or produce by whipping
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the world > space > shape > curvature > roundness > make round [verb (transitive)] > make a circular space with a whip
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1635 J. Taylor Olde, Old Man sig. D3 Those Royall Opinions were whip'd out of him.
a1716 R. South Serm. Several Occasions (1744) IX. 154 Those..whose religion lies no deeper than their skin, may whip themselves holy.
1720 J. Clarke Ess. Educ. Youth 29 Having had Lily whipp'd into them at School.
1825 W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1826) I. 1190 A clown going round and whipping a ring; that is, making a circular space amongst the spectators with a whip.
1884 H. R. Haweis My Musical Life I. 42 He taught me how to whip instead of scraping the sound out [of the violin].
1886 R. Brown Spunyarn & Spindrift xxx. 355 The main-topgallant sail split right up the middle, and whipped itself into ribands when the halliards were let go.
1889 Cornhill Mag. Apr. 356 The cold has whipped red roses on her cheeks.
11. † b. esp. imperative as a mild execration: = ‘confound’, ‘hang’. Obsolete.
a. figurative. To vex, afflict, torment; to punish, chastise; to administer severe satire or reproof to, ‘lash’, ‘castigate’.
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society > authority > punishment > [verb (transitive)] > inflict disciplinary or corrective punishment
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebuke or reprove [verb (transitive)] > severely
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score1812
to dress down1823
to pitch into ——1823
wig1829
to row (a person) up1838
to catch or get Jesse1839
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drop1853
to drop (down) to or on (to)1859
to give (a person) rats1862
to jump upon1868
to give (a person) fits1871
to give it to someone (pretty) stiff1880
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to hang, draw, and quarter1930
to tear a strip off1940
to tear (someone) off a strip1940
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bitch1952
tee1955
fan-
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 781/1 I whyppe with a shrode tourne, je baille belle.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. clxxviijv With what great tormentes & affliccions God hath whypped & scorged this miserable Isle.
1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. iii. 149 Now step I foorth to whip hipocrisie. View more context for this quotation
1651 H. More Second Lash of Alazanomastix in Enthusiasmus Triumphatus (1656) 71 So unmercifully to whip poor Aristotle.
1831 G. P. R. James Philip Augustus xxx More likely..that some little unforeseen accident..should prove our best calculations false, and whip us with our own policy!
1891 R. Kipling Light that Failed xiv. 293 He pressed the girl more closely to himself because the pain whipped him.
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the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [verb (transitive)] > oaths other than religious or obscene
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1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles xvi. 82 Marie whip the Gosseling. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) i. i. 49 Whip mee such honest knaues. View more context for this quotation
1759 Compl. Let.-writer (ed. 6) 221 And yet, whip it, there is a satisfaction in reflecting [etc.].
1872 J. Spilling Giles' Trip to London (1920) ix. 109 Tarnin' round I'll be whipped if the same mischievous brute han't managed to get it throw them wires.
12. To overcome, vanquish, defeat; to surpass, outdo: = beat v.1 10. Also (U.S. colloquial) to whip one's weight in wildcats and variants: (to be able) to fight vigorously; to be fit and strong. Chiefly U.S.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > outdo or surpass [verb (transitive)] > surpass or beat
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overmaster1627
to give (one) fifteen and a bisque1664
to beat (all) to nothing1768
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bang1808
to beat (also knock) all to sticks1820
floga1841
to beat (a person, a thing) into fits1841
to beat a person at his (also her, etc.) own game1849
to knock (the) spots off1850
lick1890
biff1895
to give a stone and a beating to1906
to knock into a cocked hat1965
the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > overcome or defeat
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cuffa1657
trounce1657
to ride down1670
outdo1677
routa1704
lurcha1716
fling1790
bowl1793
lick1800
beat1801
mill1810
to row (someone) up Salt River1828
defeat1830
sack1830
skunk1832
whop1836
pip1838
throw1850
to clean out1858
take1864
wallop1865
to sock it to1877
whack1877
to clean up1888
to beat out1893
to see off1919
to lower the boom on1920
tonk1926
clobber1944
ace1950
to run into the ground1955
1571 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xxvi. 100 Ȝe neid na ma bot Gedionis thre hunder To quhip your fais.
c1571 E. Campion Two Bks. Hist. Ireland (1963) ii. i. 72 Raymund..whipped the rebells, quieted Leynster.
1638 R. Baker tr. J. L. G. de Balzac New Epist. II. 17 You will whip the Spaniards in point of generousnesse.
1828 Spirit of Seventy-Six (Frankfort, Kentucky) 17 Jan. 3/5 I can ride upon a streak of lightning, whip my weight in wild cats.
1833 Sketches & Eccentricities D. Crockett (1834) xiii. 164 I'm that same David Crockett, fresh from the backwoods,..; can whip my weight in wild cats.
1836 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 1st Ser. xxvi The British can whip the whole airth, and we can whip the British.
1852 H. C. Watson Nights in Block-house 20 Not as long as I can whip my weight in catamounts or bar, I'll never give in.
1861 C. J. Lever One of Them xl We can whip all cre-ātion.
1870 G. H. Lewes Let. 17 May in Geo. Eliot Lett. (1956) V. 96 We hope to see you both come back ready to ‘whip your weight in polecats’. You will not find us in that vigorous condition!
1878 H. Alger Joe's Luck in Street & Smith's N.Y. Weekly 8 Apr. 2/5 I kin whip my weight in wild cats, am a match for a dozen Indians to onst, and kin tackle a lion without flinching.
1901 R. S. W. Bell Tales of Greyhouse 18 If Eccles uses his weight cleverly, Wardour will be whipped to a cert.
1906 Dial. Notes 3 164 Whup,..to vanquish, to punish, to tire. ‘That whups me.’
1968 Punch 25 Sept. 451/2 The Matt Dillon urge to ‘whup’ the Commies.
13. To urge, incite, rouse; to restore to energy or vitality, revive.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > motivation > motivate [verb (transitive)] > incite or instigate
stirc897
putOE
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to call ona1592
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indarec1599
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exstimulate1603
to put on1604
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impulse1611
fomentate1613
emovec1614
animalize1617
stimulate1619
spura1644
trinkle1685
cite1718
to put up1812
prod1832
to jack up1914
goose1934
the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > restore [verb (transitive)] > to activity
revivea1513
renovatea1555
reawaken1708
refuel1792
whip1835
1573 C. Hatton Let. in Ld. Campbell Lives Chancellors (1856) II. xlv. 265 Shame whippeth me forward.
1815 H. M. Williams Narr. Events France xi. 234 Their dormant patriotism was now awakened, bribed or whipped up.
1835 C. C. F. Greville Mem. 18 July (1875) III. xxviii. 280 On this occasion I whipped up the old friendship.
1894 A. Robertson Nuggets 29 He cuffed and whipped his brains to no purpose.
14. (originally figurative from 6d) To summon to attend, as the members of a party for a division in Parliament, or any body of persons for some united action. Const. in, up; also simply or absol. Cf. whip n. 6.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > procedure of parliament or national assembly > [verb (intransitive)] > whip
whip1742
society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > procedure of parliament or national assembly > [verb (transitive)] > whip
whip1742
the mind > will > motivation > motivate [verb (transitive)] > incite or instigate > bring about by incitement
stirc897
forthclepe?c1000
raisec1175
entice1297
rearc1325
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arta1450
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to stir upc1530
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foment1606
fana1616
proritate1620
incite1627
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brush1755
whip1805
to put (also set) (the) spurs to1819
fillipa1822
instigate1852
spark-plug1945
whomp1961
society > authority > command > command or bidding > command or give orders [verb (intransitive)] > summon
summonc1460
whistle1560
call1590
whip1833
ring1847
society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > summon
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hightOE
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ofsendOE
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to call up1530
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whistle for1560
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citate1581
evocate1639
demand1650
to warn in1654
summons1694
invoke1697
to send for1744
to turn up1752
requisition1800
whip1857
1742 H. Finch Let. 18 Nov. in P. D. G. Thomas House of Commons in 18th Cent. (1971) vi. 114 The Whigs for once in their lives have whipped in better than the Tories.
1769 Burke 8 May in Sir H. Cavendish Debates Ho. Comm. (1841) I. 426/1 [Here Mr. Burke mentioned the ministry's sending for their friends to the north and to Paris,] whipping them in; [than which, he said, there could not be a better phrase].
1805 M. Cutler Let. 28 Feb. in W. P. Cutler & J. P. Cutler Life, Jrnls. & Corr. M. Cutler (1888) II. 191 On the question of the Georgia claims..he undertook to whip in his party.
1833 T. B. Macaulay Let. 28 Oct. in G. O. Trevelyan Life & Lett. Macaulay (1876) I. v. 336 Lord Essex was there,..whipping up for a dinner-party.
1857 J. Toulmin Smith Parish (new ed.) 62 With no room for trickery or cajolery, or whipping-up uninformed voters.
1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 4 Sept. 9/1 The Liberals will probably support it and whip for it.
1898 J. Hollingshead Gaiety Chron. i. 23 A literary friend..whipped up a small syndicate of companions to support me.
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1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Compl. Gard'ner i. iii. viii. 137 Another sort [of fig]..is pretty black, having only its Skin a little whipt with gray.
1699 L. Meager New Art of Gardening 139 It hath white Leafs edged and whiped about, and feathered in the middle with a deep brown purple.
1721 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husb. II. 241 [Tulip] of a sad Red-colour about the Edges, whipped with Crimson.
16. Phrases.
a. to whip the cat: used (chiefly dialect or technical colloquial) in various senses, some of which are not satisfactorily explained. †(a) To get drunk; ? = ‘to shoot the cat’. (b) ? To lay the blame of one's offences on some one else. (c) To work as an itinerant tailor, carpenter, etc. at private houses by the day. (d) To play a practical joke, for description of which see cat n.1 14 (e) To practise extreme parsimony. (f) To shirk work on Monday. (g) Cards. (See quot. 1854.) (h) Australian and New Zealand. To complain or moan. Cf. whip-cat adj. and n. at whip- comb. form 2a.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [verb (intransitive)] > get drunk
drunkenc1000
to wash one's face in an ale clout1550
to shoe the goose, gosling1566
to catch, hunt the fox1599
to swallow a tavern-token1601
to read Geneva print1608
to whip the cat1622
inebriate1626
to hunt a tavern-fox1635
fox1649
mug1653
to fuddle one's cap or nose1663
to lose one's legs1770
gin1789
stone1858
to beer up1884
slop1899
to get, have, tie a bun on1901
shicker1906
souse1921
lush1926
to cop a reeler1937
to tie one on1951
society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > get exemption [verb (intransitive)] > transfer responsibility to another
to whip the cat1793
let George do it1909
to pass the buck (to)1912
the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > be niggardly or mean [verb (intransitive)] > extremely
to flay a flint1653
to skin a flint1656
to whip the cata1825
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > tailor or make clothes [verb (intransitive)] > be a tailor or work as a tailor > at private houses by day
to whip the cata1825
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making footwear > make footwear [verb (intransitive)] > of shoemaker: work at private house by day
to whip the cat1845
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > whist > play whist [verb (intransitive)] > take tricks
to whip the cat1854
society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > work with wood [verb (intransitive)] > of carpenter: work privately by day
to whip the cat1859
the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > complain [verb (intransitive)]
murkeOE
misspeakOE
yomer971
chidea1000
murkenOE
grutch?c1225
mean?a1300
hum13..
plainta1325
gruntc1325
plainc1325
musea1382
murmurc1390
complain1393
contrary1393
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storm?1553
expostulate1561
grumblea1586
gruntle1591
chunter1599
swagger1599
maunder1622
orp1634
objurgate1642
pitter1672
yelp1706
yammer1794
natter1804
murgeon1808
groan1816
squawk1875
jower1879
grouse1887
beef1888
to whip the cat1892
holler1904
yip1907
peeve1912
grouch1916
nark1916
to sound off1918
create1919
moana1922
crib1925
tick1925
bitch1930
gripe1932
bind1942
drip1942
kvetchc1950
to rag on1979
wrinch2011
society > occupation and work > lack of work > [verb (intransitive)] > on Monday
Saint Monday1753
to whip the cat1897
1622 J. Taylor Arrant Thiefe (1625) C 2 b To be a Drunkard, and the cat to whip, Is call'd the king of all good Fellowship.
1793 Public Ledger (Philadelphia) 19 June in Daily Chron. (1902) 5 July 5/1 ‘Whipping the Cat!’:—‘Mirabeau's ashes were dispersed as belonging to a traitor, by the patriot Brissot, who is styled a villain by the patriot Egalité,’ [etc.].
a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) To whip the cat, to practise the most pinching parsimony, grudging even shreds and scraps to the cat. In Suffolk the phrase..is applied to a practice..of the village tailor going from house to house to work.
1845 S. Judd Margaret i. iii. 13 Made shoes, a trade he prosecuted in an itinerating manner from house to house—‘whipping the cat’, as it was termed.
1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 395 When one of the players at the game of whist wins all the tricks in one deal, he is said to whip the cat.
1859 J. C. Hotten Dict. Slang Whipping the cat, when an operative works at a private house by the day,—term amongst tailors and carpenters.
1892 Bulletin (Sydney) 7 May 10/3 Now he only ‘whips the cat’ at the bottom of the Carlton poll.
1897 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang To whip the cat is modern working-men's slang for shirking work and enjoying oneself on Monday.
1909 T. H. Thompson Ballads about Business 12 You could make tenners den like vinkin', dough Now you are vippin' der cat.
1911 Triad 10 June 18 Tell him [sc. a misled person] he has leave to go and whip the cat.
1948 V. Palmer Golconda xxiii. 194 If there's anything wants doing you've only got to ask Macy Donovan... And he makes light of it, too. No whipping the cat: no setting himself up as a little tin god.
b. to whip the devil round the post and variants: see devil n. Phrases 3p.
III. To bind round or over. (This group of senses is probably represented earlier in the compound whipcord n., which appears 1318–19.)† 19. transitive. To bind about, wreathe, entwine. Scottish. Obsolete.
17.
a. transitive. To overlay (a rope, string, or other object) with cord, thread, or the like wound closely and regularly round and round; to bind round or ‘serve’ (serve v.1 53b) with cord, etc. Also, to bind (cord, etc.) in this way round something.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > bind or tie [verb (transitive)] > bind > bind round or about > with cord or thread
whipc1440
wup1512
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 524/2 Whyppyn, as sylke womene (K., P. whyppyn or closyn threde in sylke), obvolvo.
1561 in T. Wright Churchwardens' Accts. Ludlow (1869) 102 For whippinge the seconde belle rope..ij d.
1581 T. Styward Pathwaie to Martiall Discipline i. 44 They must haue..their [bow-]stringes whipped & waxed ouer with glew.
1616 G. Markham tr. C. Estienne et al. Maison Rustique (rev. ed.) iv. xvi. 512 Then with a silke thred, of the colour of your line, whip and warpe the hooke round about.
1653 T. Barker Art of Angling 12 Lay..the point of the feather towards the shanke of the hook, then whip it three or four times about the hook with the..silk.
1676 C. Cotton Compl. Angler v. 39 Take a strong small silk..and then whip it twice or thrice about the bare hook.
1681 J. Chetham Angler's Vade Mecum i. 2 Piece neatly to the remaining part, a small piece of round, smooth and taper whalebone, and whip it to the Hasle with waxed Silk.
1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Whip,..to tie a piece of packthread, spun-yarn, &c. about the end of a rope, to prevent it from being untwisted.
1770 P. Luckombe Conc. Hist. Printing 330 He begin[s] at the opposite..corner of the Plattin, and lashes and whips that.
1836 A. Ronalds Fly-fisher's Entomol. 28 Holding a fine thread well waxed..in one hand, whip a part of it three or four times round the end of the shank of the hook.
1887 H. R. Haggard Allan Quatermain iv. 49 It was whipped round at intervals..with copper wire.
b. To fasten or ‘seize’ (seize v. 10b) by binding in this way.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > bind or tie [verb (transitive)] > bind > bind round or about > with cord or thread > fasten by
whip1760
1760 J. Hawkins in Walton's & Cotton's Compl. Angler 254 (note) For whipping on a Hook take the following directions.
1787 T. Best Conc. Treat. Angling (ed. 2) 10 Cut about six inches off the top of the rod, and in its place whip on a smooth, round and taper piece of whalebone.
1884 St. James's Gaz. 21 June 6/2 The old method of whipping on the wings..is objectionable for wet-fly fishing.
1885 J. B. Leno Art of Boot- & Shoe-making ix. 67 The side linings [of a Wellington] are whipped or hemmed on with either awl or needle.
18. Needlework. †(a) ? To trim or ornament with embroidery. Obsolete. (b) To sew over and over, to overcast. (c) To draw into gathers, as a frill, by a combination of overcast and running stitch.
ΘΚΠ
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > sew or ornament textile fabric [verb (transitive)] > embroider or ornament with sewing
beworkc1000
embrowdc1380
browdc1385
surfle1399
embroider14..
entailc1400
mark1415
lace1453
broider1455
broche1480
brawde1483
stitcha1529
whip1548
bebroyde1582
imphrygiate1592
purfle1601
embroche1611
be-embroider1614
acupinge1623
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > sew or ornament textile fabric [verb (transitive)] > gather
whip1548
regather1856
stroke1875
smock1888
shirr1892
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > sew or ornament textile fabric [verb (transitive)] > sew > oversew
whip1548
whip-stitch1592
overcast1706
overhand1861
oversew1864
overseam1872
to sew overhand1895
overlock1987
1548 [implied in: Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. ccvijv Frettes of whipped gold of damaske very riche. (at whipped adj. 1)].
1592 R. Greene Quip for Vpstart Courtier sig. B3v Veluet breeches,..drawne out with the best Spanish sattin, and..curiouslye ouer whipte with Golde twist.
1612 J. Webster White Divel K 2 A Lawyer In a gowne whipt with veluet.
17.. R. Drury Rival Milliners i. ii All the Day We're forc'd to whip and stitch the Time away.
1842 R. H. Barham Aunt Fanny in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 61 Whipping the Frill.
1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. xlvi. 425 They have been busy..whipping and stitching the seal-skins with reindeer tendon thread.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [verb (transitive)] > coil round (something)
enlacec1374
whipc1500
wreathe1509
enwrap1578
circumvolute1599
twine1602
ingyre1610
wrap?1611
wire1645
serpenta1660
whirl1676
convolute1698
intertwine1717
entwine1796
overtwinea1817
enwind1849
warplea1870
c1500 W. Kennedy Passion of Christ 8 Haill, in my Hert with Lufe wippit Intern!
1508 W. Dunbar Goldyn Targe (Chepman & Myllar) in Poems (1998) I. 186 Thair brycht hairis..In tressis clere wyppit wyth goldyn thredis.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vii. vii. 114 To the, Bacchus, scho raisit..Gret lang speris,..Wyth wyne tre branchis wyppit.
1802 J. Sibbald Chron. Sc. Poetry IV. Gloss. Quhip, Wipp, Wipe, to bind about.]
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† whipint.adv.
Obsolete.
Suddenly, forthwith, instantly, in a trice; quick! presto! Also in combination, as whip-dash, whip-slap.
ΘΠ
the world > time > relative time > immediacy > [adverb]
soonc825
ratheeOE
rathelyeOE
rekeneOE
rekenlyOE
thereright971
anonOE
forth ona1000
coflyc1000
ferlyc1000
radlyOE
swiftlyc1000
unyoreOE
yareOE
at the forme (also first) wordOE
nowOE
shortlya1050
rightOE
here-rightlOE
right anonlOE
anonc1175
forthrightc1175
forthwithalc1175
skeetc1175
swithc1175
with and withc1175
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anon-rights?c1225
belivec1225
lightly?c1225
quickly?c1225
tidelyc1225
fastlyc1275
hastilyc1275
i-radlichec1275
as soon asc1290
aright1297
bedenea1300
in little wevea1300
withoute(n dwella1300
alrightc1300
as fast (as)c1300
at firstc1300
in placec1300
in the placec1300
mididonec1300
outrightc1300
prestc1300
streck13..
titec1300
without delayc1300
that stounds1303
rada1325
readya1325
apacec1325
albedenec1330
as (also also) titec1330
as blivec1330
as line rightc1330
as straight as linec1330
in anec1330
in presentc1330
newlyc1330
suddenlyc1330
titelyc1330
yernec1330
as soon1340
prestly1340
streckly1340
swithly?1370
evenlya1375
redelya1375
redlya1375
rifelya1375
yeplya1375
at one blastc1380
fresha1382
ripelyc1384
presentc1385
presently1385
without arrestc1385
readilyc1390
in the twinkling of a looka1393
derflya1400
forwhya1400
skeetlya1400
straighta1400
swifta1400
maintenantc1400
out of handc1400
wightc1400
at a startc1405
immediately1420
incontinent1425
there and then1428
onenec1429
forwithc1430
downright?a1439
agatec1440
at a tricec1440
right forth1440
withouten wonec1440
whipc1460
forthwith1461
undelayed1470
incessantly1472
at a momentc1475
right nowc1475
synec1475
incontinently1484
promptly1490
in the nonce?a1500
uncontinent1506
on (upon, in) the instant1509
in short1513
at a clap1519
by and by1526
straightway1526
at a twitch1528
at the first chop1528
maintenantly1528
on a tricea1529
with a tricec1530
at once1531
belively1532
straightwaysa1533
short days1533
undelayedly1534
fro hand1535
indelayedly1535
straight forth1536
betimesc1540
livelyc1540
upononc1540
suddenly1544
at one (or a) dash?1550
at (the) first dash?1550
instantly1552
forth of hand1564
upon the nines1568
on the nail1569
at (also in, with) a thoughtc1572
indilately1572
summarily1578
at one (a) chop1581
amain1587
straightwise1588
extempore1593
presto1598
upon the place1600
directly1604
instant1604
just now1606
with a siserary1607
promiscuously1609
at (in) one (an) instant1611
on (also upon) the momenta1616
at (formerly also on or upon) sight1617
hand to fist1634
fastisha1650
nextly1657
to rights1663
straightaway1663
slap1672
at first bolt1676
point-blank1679
in point1680
offhand1686
instanter1688
sonica1688
flush1701
like a thought1720
in a crack1725
momentary1725
bumbye1727
clacka1734
plumba1734
right away1734
momentarily1739
momentaneously1753
in a snap1768
right off1771
straight an end1778
abruptedly1784
in a whistle1784
slap-bang1785
bang?1795
right off the reel1798
in a whiff1800
in a flash1801
like a shot1809
momently1812
in a brace or couple of shakes1816
in a gird1825
(all) in a rush1829
in (also at, on) short (also quick) order1830
straightly1830
toot sweetc1830
in two twos1838
rectly1843
quick-stick1844
short metre1848
right1849
at the drop of a (occasionally the) hat1854
off the hooks1860
quicksticks1860
straight off1873
bang off1886
away1887
in quick sticks (also in a quick stick)1890
ek dum1895
tout de suite1895
bung1899
one time1899
prompt1910
yesterday1911
in two ups1934
presto changeo1946
now-now1966
presto change1987
c1460 Wisdom 518 in Macro Plays 52 ‘Farewell’, quod I; ‘þe deuyll ys wppe!’
c1460 Wisdom 554 in Macro Plays Wyppe wyrre & care a-wey! [Cf. quot. a1556 at whip n. 10a.]
1573 W. Smith Wydow Edyth (new ed.) sig. F Whip quod Thomas and got him down ward And commeth agayne with the cup full.
1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 309 Whip to our Tents. View more context for this quotation
1676 T. Shadwell Virtuoso ii. 19 You should see how I wou'd shew my parts, Whip-slap dash.
1676 T. Shadwell Virtuoso ii. 26 With a helter-skelter, whip-dash.
1699 A. Roberts Voy. Levant 5 If any one happen to say anything amiss, whip 'tis at the Captains ears.
1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VII. xcii. 341 When I came, whip, was the key turned upon their girls.
1806 Simple Narr. I. 167 But whip, before I could say Jack Robinson, he sprung into the chaise.
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