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Whip
v. t.
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To overlay (a cord, rope, or the like) with other cords going round and round it; to overcast, as the edge of a seam; to wrap; -- often with about, around, or over.
Whip
v. t.
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To sew lightly; specifically, to form (a fabric) into gathers by loosely overcasting the rolled edge and drawing up the thread; as, to whip a ruffle.
Whip
v. t.
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To take or move by a sudden motion; to jerk; to snatch; -- with into, out, up, off, and the like.
Whip
v. t.
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To hoist or purchase by means of a whip.
Whip
v. t.
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To secure the end of (a rope, or the like) from untwisting by overcasting it with small stuff.
Whip
v. t.
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To fish (a body of water) with a rod and artificial fly, the motion being that employed in using a whip.
Whip
v. i.
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To move nimbly; to start or turn suddenly and do something; to whisk; as, he whipped around the corner.
Whip
v. t.
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An instrument or driving horses or other animals, or for correction, consisting usually of a lash attached to a handle, or of a handle and lash so combined as to form a flexible rod.
Whip
v. t.
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A coachman; a driver of a carriage; as, a good whip.
Whip
v. t.
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One of the arms or frames of a windmill, on which the sails are spread.
Whip
v. t.
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The length of the arm reckoned from the shaft.
Whip
v. t.
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A small tackle with a single rope, used to hoist light bodies.
Whip
v. t.
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The long pennant. See Pennant (a)
Whip
v. t.
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A huntsman who whips in the hounds; whipper-in.
Whip
v. t.
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A person (as a member of Parliament) appointed to enforce party discipline, and secure the attendance of the members of a Parliament party at any important session, especially when their votes are needed.
Whip
v. t.
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A call made upon members of a Parliament party to be in their places at a given time, as when a vote is to be taken.
Whipcord
n.
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A kind of hard-twisted or braided cord, sometimes used for making whiplashes.
Whipgrafted
imp. & p. p.
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of Whipgraft
Whipgrafting
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Whipgraft
Whipgraft
v. t.
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To graft by cutting the scion and stock in a certain manner. See Whip grafting, under Grafting.
Whiplash
n.
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The lash of a whip, -- usually made of thongs of leather, or of cords, braided or twisted.
Whipparee
n.
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A large sting ray (Dasybatis, / Trygon, Sayi) native of the Southern United States. It is destitute of large spines on the body and tail.
Whipparee
n.
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A large sting ray (Rhinoptera bonasus, or R. quadriloba) of the Atlantic coast of the United States. Its snout appears to be four-lobed when viewed in front, whence it is also called cow-nosed ray.
Whipper
n.
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One who whips; especially, an officer who inflicts the penalty of legal whipping.
Whipper
n.
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One who raises coal or merchandise with a tackle from a chip's hold.
Whipper
n.
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A kind of simple willow.
Whipperin
n.
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A huntsman who keeps the hounds from wandering, and whips them in, if necessary, to the of chase.
Whipperin
n.
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Hence, one who enforces the discipline of a party, and urges the attendance and support of the members on all necessary occasions.
Whippersnapper
n.
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A diminutive, insignificant, or presumptuous person.
Whipping
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a & n. from Whip, v.