whip

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1. lash, switch, birch, scourge, flog, flagellate; horsewhip, cowhide, curry, strap, flail, Sl. belt; spank, thrash, thresh, Inf. trim, Inf. lace, Inf. tan [s.o.'s] hide, Inf. whale, Inf. whale the tar out of, Brit. Dial. yerk; strike, hit, smite, thwack, smack, slap, swat, Inf. whack, Dial. hit [s.o.] upside the head, Inf. lambaste, Inf. thump; beat, buffet, pummel, cuff, knock, punch, punch out, box, sandbag, Inf. wallop, Inf. clout, Inf. slug, Sl. knock around or about, Sl. bop, Sl. whomp, Scot, and North Eng. paik, Australian. ding, Scot. dunt; Sl. lay into, Sl. give it to, Sl. give [s.o.] what for, Sl. let [s.o.] have it, Sl. give [s.o.] the business, Sl. give [s.o.] the works, Sl. work [s.o.] over, give [s.o.] a going-over.

2. drive, push, propel, hound; prick, poke, stick, rowel, spur, prompt, prod; provoke, instigate, incite, actuate; foment, agitate, excite, arouse, rouse, whip up, work up, stir up, wind up, enflame, fire up, kindle, touch off; encourage, urge, egg on.

3. punish, castigate, correct, discipline, teach [s.o.] a lesson, teach [s.o.] right from wrong, teach [s.o.] how to behave, Sl. show [s.o.]; chastise, berate, scold, chide, tongue-lash, rate, harangue, upbraid, objurgate, excoriate, fulminate against; criticize, reproach, rebuke, reprove, Inf. jump on, Inf. dress down, Inf. slam, Sl. jump all over, Sl. chew out, Inf. bawl out, Sl. strafe.

4.Informal. beat, defeat, top, outdo, outstrip, Inf. lick, Inf. get the better of, Sl. beat out; overcome, overthrow, overpower, conquer, prevail over, master, subdue, quell, thwart, check, stop, stop [s.o.] dead in his tracks, bring to a halt; trounce, Sl. shellac, Sl. cream, Sl. pulverize, Sl. skunk; crush, trample, quash, destroy, do for, Sl. do in.

5.Often whip out

pull, yank, yerk, whisk, flick; show, display, exhibit, present.

6.Often whip into

go into, move into; begin, start, turn on.

7.Usu. whip around into or off

whisk, flit, bustle, scurry, scramble, hurry, rush, Inf. hustle; tear, rip, dart, dash, rampage, zoom, Inf. zip; speed, sprint, race, run, hie, fly, shoot, bolt, whiz, Inf. go like lightning or the wind or the dickens or a house afire; scoot, scud, scuttle, make tracks, flee, Inf. skedaddle.

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8. lash, knout, scourge, flagellum, bullwhip, cat-o'-nine-tails, cat, cowhide, rawhide, quirt, U.S. blacksnake.

9. lash, swat, whack, thwack, swipe, slap, Inf. lick, Sl. zinger, Sl. smackeroo; strike, stroke, hit, buffet, cuff, knock, blow, Inf. wallop, Inf. sock, Inf. whop; stroke, motion, move, fell swoop.