If someone whips up an emotion, especially a dangerous one such as hatred, or if they whip people up into an emotional state, they deliberately cause and encourage people to feel that emotion.
He accused politicians of whipping up anti-foreign sentiments in order to win right-wingvotes. [VERBPARTICLE noun]
Joe McCarthy whipped up Americans into a frenzy of anti-Communist activity in theFifties. [VP n (not pron) into n]
[Also V n P + into]
2. phrasal verb
If a force such as the wind whips up dust or water, it makes it rise up.
In 1346 a hurricane whipped up the sea to destroy the town. [VERBPARTICLE noun (not pronoun)]
...clouds of smoke and sand whipped up by a strong wind. [VERBPARTICLE noun (not pronoun)]
[Also VERB noun PARTICLE]
3. phrasal verb
If you whip up something, especially a meal, you make it quickly.
[informal]
I used to entertain at home quite a lot, and I can still whip up a fairly decentdinner party. [VERBPARTICLE noun (not pronoun)]