1. [noun] A lash; a pliant, flexible instrument, such as a rod (commonly of cane or rattan) or a plaited or braided rope or thong (commonly of leather) used to create a sharp 'crack' sound for directing or herding animals.
2. [noun] The same instrument used to strike a person or animal for corporal punishment or torture.
3. [noun] (hunting) A whipper-in.
4. [noun] (politics) A member of a political party who is in charge of enforcing the party's policies in votes.
5. [noun] Whipped cream.
6. [noun] (nautical) A purchase in which one block is used to gain a 2:1 mechanical advantage.
7. [noun] (African American Vernacular English) A mode of personal motorized transportation; an automobile, all makes and models including motorcycles, excluding public transportation.
8. [noun] (roller derby) A move in which one player transfers momentum to another.
9. [noun] A whipping motion; a thrashing about.
10. [noun] The quality of being whiplike or flexible; suppleness, as of the shaft of a golf club.
11. [noun] Any of various pieces that operate with a quick vibratory motion, such as a spring in certain electrical devices for making a circuit, or a rocking certain piano actions.
12. [verb] (transitive) To hit with a whip.
13. [verb] (transitive) By extension, to hit with any flexible object.
14. [verb] (transitive) (slang) To defeat, as in a contest or game.
15. [verb] (transitive) To mix in a rapid aerating fashion, especially food.
16. [verb] (transitive) To urge into action.
17. [verb] (transitive) (nautical) To bind the end of a rope with twine or other small stuff to prevent its unlaying: fraying or unravelling.
18. [verb] (transitive) (nautical) To hoist or purchase by means of a whip.
19. [verb] To sew lightly; specifically, to form (a fabric) into gathers by loosely overcasting the rolled edge and drawing up the thread.
20. [verb] (transitive) To throw or kick an object at a high velocity.
21. [verb] (transitive) To fish a body of water especially by making repeated casts.
22. [verb] (intransitive) To snap back and forth like a whip.
23. [verb] (intransitive) To move very fast.
24. [verb] (transitive) To move (something) very fast; often with up, out, etc.
25. [verb] (transitive) (roller derby) To transfer momentum from one skater to another.
26. [verb] (figurative) To lash with sarcasm, abuse, etc.
27. [verb] To thrash; to beat out, as grain, by striking.
28. [noun] An instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping.
29. [noun] A legislator appointed by the party to enforce discipline.
30. [noun] A dessert made of sugar and stiffly beaten egg whites or cream and usually flavored with fruit.
31. [noun] (golf) the flexibility of the shaft of a golf club.
32. [noun] A quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object; 'the whip raised a red welt'.
33. [verb] Beat severely with a whip or rod; 'The teacher often flogged the students'; 'The children were severely trounced'.
34. [verb] Defeat thoroughly; 'He mopped up the floor with his opponents'.
35. [verb] Thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash; 'The tall grass whipped in the wind'.
36. [verb] Strike as if by whipping; 'The curtain whipped her face'.
37. [verb] Whip with or as if with a wire whisk; 'whisk the eggs'.
38. [verb] Subject to harsh criticism; 'The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday'; 'the professor scaled the students'; 'your invectives scorched the community'.
39. [acronym] (baseball) walks plus hits per inning pitched; a statistic of the number of baserunners a pitcher has allowed per inning pitched.
