Meaning
17 senses(transitive)To hit with a whip.
The rider whipped the horse.
auspeitschen, geißeln, peitschen
бичева́тьbičevátʹ, бить пле́тьюbitʹ plétʹju, поро́тьporótʹ
бато́житиbatóžyty, лупцюва́тиlupcjuváty, поро́тиporóty
whip with or as if with a wire whisk
(broadly, transitive)To hit with any flexible object.
I whipped her with a newspaper.
peitschen
(slang, transitive)To defeat, as in a contest or game.
schlagen
defeat thoroughly
(transitive)To mix in a rapid aerating fashion, especially food.
to whip eggs or cream
schlagen
(transitive)To urge into action or obedience.
He whipped the department into shape.
anpeitschen
(transitive)To enforce a member voting in accordance with party policy.
(transitive)To bind the end of a rope with twine or other small stuff to prevent its unlaying: fraying or unravelling.
1677-1683, Joseph Moxon, Mechanick exercises Its string […] is firmly whipt about with small Gut
(transitive)To hoist or purchase by means of a whip.
To sew lightly; specifically, to form (a fabric) into gathers by loosely overcasting the rolled edge and drawing up the thread.
to whip a ruffle
(transitive)To throw or kick an object at a high velocity.
He whipped the ball at me.
(ambitransitive)To fish a body of water especially by making repeated casts.
(intransitive)To snap back and forth like a whip.
The pennants whipped in the wind.
Examples
136 sentencesThere's plenty of whipped cream left in the bowl.
В банці лишалося багато збитих вершків.
Where's the whipped cream?
Де збиті вершки?
ruГде взбитые сливки?
deWo ist die Schlagsahne?
They made a whip out of cords.
ruИз верёвок они сделали кнут.
Tom is as smart as a whip.
I'm sure you'll whip us up something really good.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English whippen, wippen (“to flap violently”), from Middle Dutch wippen (“to sFrom Middle English whippen, wippen (“to flap violently”), from Middle Dutch wippen (“to swing, leap, dance, oscillate”) and Middle Low German wippen (“to move quickly”), from Proto-Germanic *wippōną (“to move back and forth”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyp- (“to shake; to swing”). (See Swedish vippa and Danish vippe (“to shake”)).
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Forms
whips, whipping, whipped, whippedPhrasal verbs
6 phrasal verbs- whip upрухатися, діятиTo produce (something) quickly, especially food.
- whip downналити, литиTo rain heavily.
- whip offTo remove something (especially an item of clothing) with a swift movement.
- whip outTo pull something out with a sudden jerk.
- whip inTo prevent hunting hounds from straying from the pack by whipping them.
- whip throughTo do something extremely quickly and perfunctorily.
Synonyms
69 synonymsWord family
24 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle