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1. [v] beat severely with a whip or rod ; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced".
Usage: "He whips it" ; "He whips her" ⇔ Synonyms [ lash slash flog welt lather strap trounce ] ⇑Broader [beat beat_up work_over ] ⇓Narrower [flagellate scourge ] [horsewhip ] [cowhide ] [cat ] [birch ] [switch ] Related derivation [whip lash whiplash ] [beating thrashing drubbing trouncing ]
2. [v] colloquial usage; defeat thoroughly ; "He mopped up the floor with his opponents".
Usage: "He whips it" ; "He whips her" ⇔ Synonyms [ worst pip mop_up rack_up ] ⇑Broader [beat crush beat_out vanquish trounce shell ] Related derivation [slaughter thrashing walloping debacle drubbing trouncing whipping ]
3. [v] strike as if by whipping ; "The curtain whipped her face".
Usage: "He whips it" ; "He whips her" ; "This whips her" ; "This whips it" ⇔ Synonyms [ lash ] ⇑Broader [strike ] ⇓Narrower [urticate ] Related derivation [thong lash ]
4. [v] thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash ; "The tall grass whipped in the wind".
Usage: "This whips" ; "This is whipping [v]-ing" ⇔ Synonyms [ none] ⇑Broader [toss thresh thrash thrash_about convulse thresh_about slash ]
5. [n] an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping .
⇔ Synonyms [ none] ⇑Broader [instrument ] ⇓Narrower [cat-o'-nine-tails cat ] [cowhide ] [horsewhip ] [knout ] [quirt ] [riding_crop ] ⇓Composed of [crop ] [thong lash ] [stock ] Related derivation [whip lash slash flog welt lather strap ]
6. [n] a quick blow with a whip .
⇔ Synonyms [ lash whiplash ] ⇑Broader [blow ] Related derivation [whip lash ]
7. [v] subject to harsh criticism ; "The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday"; "the professor scaled the students"; "your invectives scorched the community".
Usage: "He whips her" ⇔ Synonyms [ blister scald ] ⇑Broader [attack round assail lash_out snipe assault ]
8. [v] whip with or as if with a wire whisk ; "whisk the eggs".
Usage: "He whips it" ; "This whips it" ⇔ Synonyms [ whisk ] ⇑Broader [beat scramble ] Category [cooking cookery preparation ] See also: [whip_up whomp_up ]
9. [n] (golf) the flexibility of the shaft of a golf club .
⇔ Synonyms [ none] ⇑Broader [flexibility flexibleness ] Category [golf golf_game ]
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