<p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>to beat with a strap, lash, rod, or the like, especially by way of punishment or chastisement; flog; thrash.</li><li>to strike with quick, repeated strokes of something slender and flexible; lash.</li><li>to urge or force on with, or as with, a lash, rod, etc.</li><li>to lash or castigate with words.</li><li>to train or organize forcefully: to whip the team into shape.</li><li>Informal: to defeat or overcome: to whip the opposition; to whip a bad habit.</li><li>to hoist or haul by means of a lash or whip.</li><li>to move quickly and suddenly; pull, jerk, seize, or the like, with a sudden movement (often followed by out, in, into, etc.): He whipped his gun out of its holster.</li><li>to fish (a stream, lake, etc.) with rod and line, especially by making repeated casts: I whipped the stream all day and caught nothing.</li><li>to beat (eggs, cream, etc.) to a froth with an eggbeater, whisk, fork, or other implement in order to mix in air and cause expansion.</li><li>to overlay or cover (cord, rope, etc.) with cord, thread, or the like wound about it: to whip the end of a hawser.</li><li>to wind (cord, twine, thread, etc.) about something: The tailor whipped the seams with heavy thread.</li><li>to sew with a light overcasting stitch.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>an instrument for striking, as in driving animals or in punishing, typically consisting of a lash or other flexible part with a more rigid handle.</li><li>a whipping or lashing stroke or motion.</li><li>a utensil for beating to a froth; whisk.</li><li>a dish made of cream or egg whites beaten to a froth, and usually blended with puréed fruit into a mousse-like consistency: pineapple whip.</li><li>Politics: a party manager in a legislative body who secures attendance for voting and directs other members.</li><li>(in Britain) a written call made on members of a party to be in attendance for voting.</li><li>a windmill vane.</li><li>a whipper-in.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb Phrase (Informal)</strong></p><ul><li>to write hurriedly: He whipped off three new songs last night.</li></ul>