to whip

Examples

• All

• Yes, I'll whip around, don't you worry.

• She turns, whips around, smacks him away and walks off.

  Triggernometry

• So we have one hour to whip this thing together.

• Then whip your head round and come back to that spot.

  Billy Elliot (2000)

• We turn our back and whip our hair and just shake it off.

  Step Up Revolution (2012)

• With just some song sheets and a leader, they can really whip through the old tunes.

  Academic text (1993)

• He'd feel their eyes on him and whip around to see them standing there.

  Fiction book (1990)

• After a breathless moment, he whipped out his pencil and began to sketch rapidly.

  Fiction book (1991)

• The wind started to whip around the trees, causing the branches to sway dramatically.

• He whipped his head around to see who had called his name.

Synonyms

J

to jerk

vsto whip

217 2.0

To move something suddenly and sharply

describes rapid flexible flicking motion rather than a single sharp isolated movement

T

to thrash

vsto whip

24 5.8

Move or swing violently without control

emphasizes quick, flexible sudden motion rather than sustained violent flailing

T

to thrash about

vsto whip

1 6.1

Move the body violently when in pain or fear

focuses on quick, flexible sudden motion rather than reaction from pain or fear

Antonyms

S

to stand still

75 1.0

Stay upright in one place without moving

Idioms

C

to crack the whip

5 6.8

To use firm authority to make people work harder and follow rules

S

smart as a whip

• Informal

5 7.0

Very quick to understand things and find answers

W

to whip the cat

• Informal

9.9

To do small fun things to stop worrying

W

to whip up a storm

• Informal

6.8

To make food quickly or to cause strong excitement

Phrasal Verbs

W

to whip up

62 3.0

To quickly make food with little effort

W

to whip into shape

• Informal

10 5.1

Quickly make a person or thing work better by firm action

W

to whip through

• Informal

2 4.9

To do something quickly and well

P

to pencil whip

• Slang

9.9

To quickly fill in forms without checking details, often by writing false information

W

to whip in

• Informal

6.7

To add something quickly with little effort

Compounds

W

whip hand

1 7.7

A situation where one person or group has more control than others

B

buggy whip

• Archaic

1 9.9

A tool that makes horses move when they pull a small carriage and now means something old-fashioned

P

party whip

• Literature

1 7.2

A person in a political party who makes sure members attend and vote as leaders want

W

whip-round

• UK

1 8.2

A quick collection of money from a group for a gift or charity

K

knight of the whip

• Archaic

9.9

A person who performs skilled whip tricks in rodeos or who is very strict about rules

H

hunting whip

• UK

8.6

A short stick riders use to signal and control hunting dogs during a fox hunt

P

prune whip

• Archaic

8.1

A sweet dessert of mashed prunes mixed with whipped cream

W

whip scorpion

9.6

A small animal like a spider with a long thin tail and no sting

W

whip snake

7.1

A small fast snake with a long thin body and tail

W

whip top

9.1

A toy that spins when you hit it with a string

W

whip-scorpion

9.9

An animal like a scorpion with a long thin tail and no sting

W

whip-snake

9.0

A small fast snake with a long thin tail

How Quickly

to flail

38 5.8

to lash

60 3.9

to whip

99 3.4

to snap

88 1.6

to jerk

217 2.0

to twitch

66 2.8

Surface Forms

Etymology