verb
1.
to strike repeatedly with or as if with a lash or rod
whip a dog for stealing from the table
Synonyms: flagellate, flog, hide, ||larrup, lash, lather, scourge, stripe, thrash, ||wear out, whale, ||yerk
Related Word: beat, belabor, drub, wallop; bastinado, birch, bludgeon, cane, cudgel, quirt, switch
2.
to defeat utterly
whipped their traditional rival by a score of 40 to 7
Synonyms: beat, blast, ||bowl (down or out), ||clean up (on), ||clobber, ||cream, curry, drub, dust, lambaste, ||larrup, lick, mop (up), overrun, overwhelm, rout, shellac, skunk, smear, smother, steamroller, thrash, trim, trounce, upend, wallop, whomp; compare conquer 1, defeat 2
Related Word: conquer, defeat, overcome, subdue, vanquish
Idioms: cook one's goose, deal a crushing defeat, settle one's hash, snow one under
3.
to agitate with an instrument so as to stiffen and increase the bulk of by incorporation of air
whip cream for a shortcake
Synonyms: beat, whisk
4.
Synonyms: turn 6, avert, deflect, divert, pivot, sheer, veer, volte-face, wheel, whirl