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Verb whip has 6 senses
- flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce - beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"
--1 is one way to beat, beat up, work over
Sample sentence:
They want to whip the prisoners
- worst, pip, mop up, whip, rack up - defeat thoroughly; "He mopped up the floor with his opponents"
--2 is one way to beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
Sample sentence:
The fighter managed to whip his opponent
- whip - thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash; "The tall grass whipped in the wind"
--3 is one way to convulse, thresh, thresh about, thrash, thrash about, slash, toss, jactitate
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
- whip, lash - strike as if by whipping; "The curtain whipped her face"
--4 is one way to strike
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- whisk, whip - whip with or as if with a wire whisk; "whisk the eggs"
--5 is one way to beat, scramble
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- blister, scald, whip - subject to harsh criticism; "The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday"; "the professor scaled the students"; "your invectives scorched the community"
--6 is one way to attack, round, assail, lash out, snipe, assault
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
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