\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.

\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\, 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\, 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.