What is the meaning of whip?

noun

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

verb

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