to whip
- verb
- /wɪp/
- Your Meggie can whip not only her brothers into shape but also her cousins as well.
- get whipped
- whip someone
- whip ass
You know, I keep whipping your ass at these dance offs.
- You know, I keep whipping your ass at these dance offs.
- I don't even care 'cause you can't whip me.
- And look, I'm not, I'm not trying to make fun of these either One of these men would could whip my ass, probably in their sleep.
- For example, I could not whip a boxing champion or play basketball for an NBA basketball team or football for an NFL team.
Examples
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He has every reason for believing that, yes, he could whip Muhammad Ali.
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And Chris stauder... he'll have that place whipped into shape in no time, I'm confident.
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Or are you just going to let me whip you again?
Fiction book (1999) -
Yes, well, royalty or not, I can still whip you.
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Without a smoking gun, the best chance to get Val out of power is to whip the votes.
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But that doesn't mean we can't whip these guys.
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Maybe you'll actually find someone on this continent who can whip your tush at poker.
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The champion whipped the competition and won the race by a large margin.
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In the final match, our team was whipped by the defending champions.
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She worked hard to whip her strategy into shape for the upcoming competition.
Synonyms
Beat someone or something completely in a conflict
To hurt or defeat someone very badly, often by hitting them
To beat or punish someone very badly
To defeat someone completely in a game or fight
To beat someone easily in a game or fight
To beat someone easily in a game or contest
To beat an opponent by a large amount
Hit someone many times until they are badly hurt or win against them very clearly
To beat someone by a large amount in a contest or game
To beat someone completely in a game or fight
Beat someone completely in a game or contest
Win easily by a lot against another person or team
To defeat someone completely in a contest
To defeat someone completely, often physically or in a game, used in rude speech
To defeat an opponent completely and easily
To beat someone badly in a game or fight
To beat someone very easily and completely in a game or contest
To beat someone in a game or challenge
Beat someone by a lot
To defeat someone completely in a contest or argument
To beat someone badly in a game
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
- Slang
To quickly fill in forms without checking details, often by writing false information
Compounds
- Archaic
A tool that makes horses move when they pull a small carriage and now means something old-fashioned
- Literature
A person in a political party who makes sure members attend and vote as leaders want
- Archaic
A person who performs skilled whip tricks in rodeos or who is very strict about rules
How Decisive
Surface Forms
Etymology
To whip someone in a game comes from the idea of beating with a whip, so to whip an opponent is to defeat them completely.