whip

Noun

• (n.) whip (an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping)
• (n.) whip, party whip (a legislator appointed by the party to enforce discipline)
• (n.) whip (a dessert made of sugar and stiffly beaten egg whites or cream and usually flavored with fruit)
• (n.) whip ((golf) the flexibility of the shaft of a golf club)
• (n.) whip, lash, whiplash (a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object) "the whip raised a red welt"

Verb

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