Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Whip \Whip\, v. i.
   To move nimbly; to start or turn suddenly and do something;
   to whisk; as, he whipped around the corner.

         With speed from thence he whipped.       --Sackville.

         Two friends, traveling, met a bear upon the way; the
         one whips up a tree, and the other throws himself flat
         upon the ground.                         --L'Estrange.

Whip \Whip\, n. [OE. whippe. See {Whip}, v. t.]
   1. 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. ``[A] whip's lash.'' --Chaucer.

            In his right hand he holds a whip, with which he is
            supposed to drive the horses of the sun. --Addison.

   2. A coachman; a driver of a carriage; as, a good whip.
      --Beaconsfield.

   3. (Mach.)
      (a) One of the arms or frames of a windmill, on which the
          sails are spread.
      (b) The length of the arm reckoned from the shaft.

   4. (Naut.)
      (a) A small tackle with a single rope, used to hoist light
          bodies.
      (b) The long pennant. See {Pennant}
      (a)

   5. A huntsman who whips in the hounds; whipper-in.

   6. (Eng. Politics)
      (a) 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.
      (b) 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.

   {Whip and spur}, with the utmost haste.

   {Whip crane}, or {Whip purchase}, a simple form of crane
      having a small drum from which the load is suspended,
      turned by pulling on a rope wound around larger drum on
      the same axle.

   {Whip gin}. See {Gin block}, under 5th {Gin}.

   {Whip grafting}. See under {Grafting}.

   {Whip hand}, the hand with which the whip is used; hence,
      advantage; mastery; as, to have or get the whip hand of a
      person. --Dryden.

   {Whip ray} (Zo["o]l.), the European eagle ray. See under
      {Ray}.

   {Whip roll} (Weaving), a roll or bar, behind the reeds in a
      loom, on which the warp threads rest.

   {Whip scorpion} (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
      arachnids belonging to {Thelyphonus} and allied genera.
      They somewhat resemble true scorpions, but have a long,
      slender bristle, or lashlike organ, at the end of the
      body, instead of a sting.

   {Whip snake} (Zo["o]l.), any one of various species of
      slender snakes. Specifically:
      (a) A bright green South American tree snake ({Philodryas
          viridissimus}) having a long and slender body. It is
          not venomous. Called also {emerald whip snake}.
      (b) The coachwhip snake.

Whip \Whip\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Whipped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Whipping}.] [OE. whippen to overlay, as a cord, with other
   cords, probably akin to G. & D. wippen to shake, to move up
   and down, Sw. vippa, Dan. vippe to swing to and fro, to
   shake, to toss up, and L. vibrare to shake. Cf. {Vibrate}.]
   1. To strike with a lash, a cord, a rod, or anything slender
      and lithe; to lash; to beat; as, to whip a horse, or a
      carpet.

   2. To drive with lashes or strokes of a whip; to cause to
      rotate by lashing with a cord; as, to whip a top.

   3. To punish with a whip, scourge, or rod; to flog; to beat;
      as, to whip a vagrant; to whip one with thirty nine
      lashes; to whip a perverse boy.

            Who, for false quantities, was whipped at school.
                                                  --Dryden.

   4. To apply that which hurts keenly to; to lash, as with
      sarcasm, abuse, or the like; to apply cutting language to.

            They would whip me with their fine wits. --Shak.

   5. To thrash; to beat out, as grain, by striking; as, to whip
      wheat.

   6. To beat (eggs, cream, or the like) into a froth, as with a
      whisk, fork, or the like.

   7. To conquer; to defeat, as in a contest or game; to beat;
      to surpass. [Slang, U. S.]

   8. 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.

            Its string is firmly whipped about with small gut.
                                                  --Moxon.

   9. 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.

            In half-whipped muslin needles useless lie. --Gay.

   10. To take or move by a sudden motion; to jerk; to snatch;
       -- with into, out, up, off, and the like.

             She, in a hurry, whips up her darling under her
             arm.                                 --L'Estrange.

             He whips out his pocketbook every moment, and
             writes descriptions of everything he sees.
                                                  --Walpole.

   11. (Naut.)
       (a) To hoist or purchase by means of a whip.
       (b) To secure the end of (a rope, or the like) from
           untwisting by overcasting it with small stuff.

   12. To fish (a body of water) with a rod and artificial fly,
       the motion being that employed in using a whip.

             Whipping their rough surface for a trout.
                                                  --Emerson.

   {To whip in}, to drive in, or keep from scattering, as hounds
      in a hurt; hence, to collect, or to keep together, as
      member of a party, or the like.

   {To whip the cat}.
       (a) To practice extreme parsimony. [Prov. Eng.] --Forby.
       (b) To go from house to house working by the day, as
           itinerant tailors and carpenters do. [Prov. & U. S.]

Whip \Whip\, n.
   1. A whipping motion; a thrashing about; as, the whip of a
      tense rope or wire which has suddenly parted; also, the
      quality of being whiplike or flexible; flexibility;
      suppleness, as of the shaft of a golf club.

   2. (Mech.) Any of various pieces that operate with a quick
      vibratory motion, as a spring in certain electrical
      devices for making a circuit, or a rocking certain piano
      actions.

Source : WordNet®

whip
     n 1: an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used
          for whipping
     2: a legislator appointed by the party to enforce discipline
        [syn: {party whip}]
     3: a dessert made of sugar and stiffly beaten egg whites or
        cream and usually flavored with fruit
     4: (golf) the flexibility of the shaft of a golf club
     5: a quick blow with a whip [syn: {lash}, {whiplash}]
     [also: {whipping}, {whipped}]

whip
     v 1: beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged
          the students"; "The children were severely trounced"
          [syn: {flog}, {welt}, {lather}, {lash}, {slash}, {strap},
           {trounce}]
     2: defeat thoroughly; "He mopped up the floor with his
        opponents" [syn: {worst}, {pip}, {mop up}, {rack up}]
     3: thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash; "The tall
        grass whipped in the wind"
     4: strike as if by whipping; "The curtain whipped her face"
        [syn: {lash}]
     5: whip with or as if with a wire whisk; "whisk the eggs" [syn:
         {whisk}]
     6: subject to harsh criticism; "The Senator blistered the
        administration in his speech on Friday"; "the professor
        scaled the students"; "your invectives scorched the
        community" [syn: {blister}, {scald}]
     [also: {whipping}, {whipped}]