whip sth up
— phrasal verb with whip uk/wɪp/us/wɪp/verb -pp-
(EMOTION)
to encourage or cause people to have strong feelings about something:
She criticized the organization for trying to whip up anti-immigrant prejudice.
He was trying to whip up some enthusiasm for the project.
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Making people excited and interested
- absorbed
- animate
- be sb's bag idiom
- breathe (new) life into sth idiom
- captivate
- capture
- catch
- enthuse
- entrance 1
- intoxicate
- intrigue
- occupy
- pulse
- pump
- pump sb up
- reinvigorate
- swing
- talk sth up
- whip sb into sth
- wow factor
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(FOOD)
informal to make food or a meal very quickly and easily:
I have just enough time to whip up an omelette.
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Preparing food
- butter
- can't boil an egg idiom
- caramelize
- carve
- clarified
- cube
- dice
- fold
- knead
- leaven
- liquidize
- malt
- marinade
- salt
- slow food
- spice
- stuffed
- sweeten
- thicken
- thin
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Providing & serving meals