whip

whip

whip (third-person singular simple present whips, present participle whipping, simple past and past participle whipped)

1. (transitive) To hit with a whip.

   whip the horse.

2. (transitive) By extension, to hit with any flexible object.

   I whipped her with a newspaper.

3. (transitive) To defeat.
   • 2008, Edward Keating , The Joy of Ex: A Novel

     She whips me in the first game of pool, I do not even get a shot. Eight-balled from the break.

     “Have you been practising?” I ask my sister.

     “Some,” she says, “play again?”

     “One more.”

     My sister beats me at pool in public a second time. I claim some dignity back by potting two of my balls before Tammy sinks the black.

4. (transitive) To mix in a rapid aerating fashion, especially food.

   Can you whip this to make the sauce smoother.

5. (transitive) To urge into action.

   He whipped the department into shape.

6. (transitive, nautical) To bind the end of a rope with twine or other small stuff to prevent its unlaying: fraying or unravelling
7. (transitive) To throw or kick an object at a high velocity.
   • He whipped the ball at me.
   • 2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, BBC:

     Composed play then saw Sam Ricketts nutmeg Ashley Cole before Taylor whipped a fine curling effort over Petr Cechs bar.

8. (transitive) To fish a body of water especially by making repeated casts.
9. (intransitive) To snap back and forth like a whip.
   • The pennants whipped in the wind.
10. (intransitive) To move very fast.
    • The wind whipped through the valley.
    • He whipped a banknote out of his pocket.
    • 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde

      He looked up when I came in, gave a kind of cry, and whipped upstairs into the cabinet. It was but for one minute that I saw him, but the hair stood upon my head like quills.

whip (plural whips)

1. 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
   1. Same instrument used to strike a person or animal for corporal punishment or torture.
   
   
   

   Definizione italiano>inglese whip

   
   

   	frusta
   	rod or rope

   	nerbo
   	rod or rope

   	sferzare
   	to hit with a whip

   armeggiare

   battere

   castigare

   cocchiere

   colpire

   debilitare

   duellare

   fervere

   flagellare

   frullare

   frustare

   frustino

   fustigare

   montare

   picchiare

   picchiarsi

   pulsare

   punire

   sbaragliare

   sbatacchiare

   sbattere

   sbattersene

   scalcagnare

   sconfiggere

   sferza

   stravincere

   
   

   Altri significati:

   nautical: to bind the end of a rope with twine

   To stir cream or egg white very quickly until it becomes stiff.

   To hit a person or an animal with a whip.

   (intransitive) To move very fast.

   to snap back and forth like a whip

   (transitive) To hit with a whip.

   (transitive) To fish a body of water especially by making repeated casts.

   (intransitive) To snap back and forth like a whip.

   by extension, to hit with any flexible object

   to mix food in a rapid aerating fashion

   (transitive) To urge into action.

   party policy enforcer

   A long piece of leather or rope attached to a handle, which is used to slash at animals to make them move, or to punish people.

   (transitive) To defeat.

   (to) whip

   to urge into action

   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

   (transitive, nautical) To bind the end of a rope with twine or other small stuff to prevent its unlaying: fraying or unravelling

   to move very fast

   Whipped cream.

   (nautical) A purchase in which one block is used to gain a 2:1 mechanical advantage.

   (politics) A member of a political party who is in charge of enforcing the party's policies in votes.

   to throw at high velocity

   (slang/African American Vernacular English) A mode of personal motorized transportation; an automobile, all makes and models including motorcycles, excluding public transportation.

   (transitive) By extension, to hit with any flexible object.

   to defeat

   To move quickly and suddenly or violently in a particular direction.

   (transitive) To mix in a rapid aerating fashion, especially food.

   (transitive) To throw or kick an object at a high velocity.

   
   
   

   Traduzione 'veloce'

   
   
   frusta ,nerbo ,sferzare ,armeggiare ,battere

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